Yesterday we
arrived in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Today, we visited another fort,
and a block-printing museum. I found the block-printing museum interesting,
because under the descriptions of the dresses and saris that the museum had,
each had a tag saying either “Worn by widows”, or “Worn by married women.” I
found this interesting, as the dresses/saris with less brighter colours were
the ones that said “Worn by widows”. This illustrates my research that widows
are forbidden to wear bright colours once their husband dies. Although I
already knew this, it was interesting to see it so explicitly displayed.
Another
thing I found that was interesting was that they separated the married women’s
dresses from the divorced. I think it was an example even of women coming down
on other women saying, “We’re better because we still have our husbands.”
Stamping fabric in the block-printing museum, Amber.
Stamping fabric in the block-printing museum, Amber.
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