Salwar kameez
Salwar kameez (also spelled shalwar kameez or shalwar qameez) is a traditional dress worn by both women and men in Southern Asia.[1] Salvars or shalvars are loose pajama-like trousers. The legs are wide at the top, and narrow at the bottom. The kameez is a long shirt or tunic. The side seams (known as the chaak) are left open below the waist-line, which gives the wearer greater freedom of movement. It is the most common dress for men in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Gallery
Pakistani girl and boy with flowers, showing off typical shalwar kameez
Men wearing shalwar kameez at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan.
Salwar Kameez Media
Schoolgirls in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in shalwars with cuffed hems, and kameez with collars.
Boys in Badakshan, Afghanistan, wearing kameez tunics, showing side seams left open below the waist.
Women in the kitchen at Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, India, displaying the wide-ranging colors and designs of shalwar-kameez
Priyanka Chopra modeling an Anarkali suit
Traditional Khet partug (traditional loose Peshawari shalwar)
School girls wearing Patiala salwar suits
A Pakistani man in Saraiki shalwar suit
Perahan tunban worn by most Pashtun males in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Man in Afghan clothing: perahan tunban
Afghan children wearing traditional clothes in Kabul
References
- ↑ R.A. Khan, 'Traditional Culture of India and Pakistan', Delhi, 1951