Tagoriana: A Tribute to Tagore
On Thursday November 19 Kolkata proudly celebrated the 150th birthday anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore with a fashion show called Tagoriana. The show featured clothing worn by the Tagore family, a style knows at Thakurbari fashion. The outfits presented in the show gave Kolkata a glimpse of what was considered to be fashionable back in Tagore’s day.
Sonalee Chaudhuri
Chaiti Ghoshal
Thakurbari is Tagore’s birthplace and is also a rich Bengali tradition. In this tradition women cover their heads with their sarees whenever they talk to elders and especially when entering a temple, they wear off-white sarees with a detailed crimson border during festivities, after showering a married woman will apply sindoor (a red powder which signifies marriage) in the part of her hair and will apply a dot on their forehead. These are just a few examples of Thakurbari. The term Thakurbari encompasses a number of meanings and traditions for Bengalis. Many women still hold true to it today but in the cities the traditions are slipping away as modernization creeps in.
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Images: kolkatamirror.com
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