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Prepared By: AMINUR RAHMANAhsanullah University of Science & Technology

Dept. of Textile EngineeringBatch: 21

Tribal Fashion in Bangladesh

Submitted by:

Bishawjit Saha [10.01.06.060]

Nur a Alam Shiddique [10.0.06.068]

Aminur Rahman [10.01.06.076]

Kaushik Azad [10.01.06.080]

Mohammed Waliullah [08.02.06.063]

What is Fashion?

Fashion is the prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion.

What is Tribe?

Tribe is a unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups who share a common ancestry and culture and among whom leadership is typically neither formalized nor permanent.

Statistics and Current State of Tribes in Bangladesh Bangladesh's tribal population consisted of 897,828 persons, just over 1 percent of the

total population, at the time of the 1981 census.

The majority of the tribal population (778,425) lived in rural settings, where many practiced shifting cultivation.

The main tribal groups of Bangladesh are-

The Tripuras

The Khasias

The Santals

The Murongs

The ManipurisThe Garos

The Chakmas

The tribes tended to intermingle and could be distinguished from one another more by differences in their dialect, dress, and customs than by tribal cohesion.

The Chakmas

Origin

Anthropologically the Chakmas had come from the Mongolian.

Geographical Position:

Chakma is the name of the largest tribal people in Bangladesh. Mainly lives in the districts of-

Rangamati

Bandarban

Khagrachhari

Women Dress: Traditionally Chakma women wear-

Phinon Khadi/Hadi

An ankle length cloth. Put around their waist.

A wrapped cloth put on above their waist.

Phinon

Khadi/Hadi

Chakm’s women in Khadi and Phinon

Present Dress for Women:

Scenario has been changed. Educated Chakma women feel comfort to wear-

Skirt

Sari

Shalwar

Kamiz

Tops

Sari

A Chakma woman wearing Sari

Skirt

Chakma women wearing Skirt and Tops

Tops

Shalwar

A Chakma women wearing Shalwar and Kamiz

Kamiz

Men Dress: Traditionally Chakma men wear-

Gamchha

Dhuti

Present Dress for Men:

Scenario has been changed. To get better comfort Chakma men wear-

Shirt

Lungi

Pajamas

Trousers

Lungi

A Chakma man in Shirt and Lungi

Shirt

Festival Dress for Chakma:

The Chakma’s main festival is Biju. On this day they like to wear more or less their traditional but new dress-

Biju festival dance

The Manipuris

Origin

Manipuri people are of Mongolian.

They fled from their homeland in the northeastern Indian kingdom of Manipur to settle in East Bengal, which was then ruled by Britain.

Geographical Position:

The Manipuri people live in the district of Sylhet of northeastern Bangladesh.

Women Dress: The costumes of Manipur carry their own unique characteristics. Stressed on its functionality. In general they wear-

Innaphi

Phanek

Both Innaphi and Phanek are shawl like cloth put on the upper portion of their body.

A wrap around skirt.Sarong

A Manipuri women wearing Innaphi

and Sarong

Innaphi

Sarong

Men Dress: Traditionally Manipuris men like to wear -

Dhuti

Jacket

White pagri or Tubran

Wedding Dress: Traditionally Manipuris men like to wear -

Bride wears raslila skirt in the marriage ceremony.

The bridegroom’s dress is white dhoti, kurta & turban.

Manipuri Couple

Traditional Wedding

Dress

The Santals

Geographical Position:

Mainly living in the Himalayan sub-mountain region in different districts of Rajshahi Division.

Women Dress: Traditionally Santali women wear-

Panchi

Padhan

Like a lungi, which hangs from the waist up to just below the knee.

A wrap or scarf to cover the body.

Santali women in Panchi and Padhan

Men Dress: Santali men wear-

Dhuti or Lungi

Nengti

Grown up men.

Specially for the boys.

Santali Man wearing Dhuti/Lungi

The Tripuris

Origin

The Tripuri people are considered part of the Tibetan-Burmese ethnic group.

Originally they migrated from Western China.

They had left China long before the Sui dynasty came to power. At the time of migration they were animists.

Geographical Position:

The Tripuri people mainly lives in-

Comilla

Noakhali

Sylhet

Women Dress: Traditionally Tripuri women wear-

Rignai Risa

Covers lower half of their body

Covers chest part of their

body

Rikutu

Covers whole of upper half of their

body

Risa

Rikutu

Tripuri women in Risa, Rignai & Rikutu

Rignai

Men Dress: For daily life purpose traditionally Tripuri men wear-

Rikutu Kubai

Towel like sheet of loin

cloth

A self woven shirt

Pagri

Avoiding sunlight heat

Gamcha

Kubai

Pagri

Tripuri men in Kubai & Pagri

Festival Dress for Tripuri: According to the festival mood Tripuris dress can be varied-

Goria Dance Hojagiri Dance Lebang bumani Dance

The Garos

Dressing Pattern: Traditionally Garo women wear-

Gena

Dakmunda

Gamchha

Sari

unstitched piece of cloth like lungi that covers the body from the waist to the knee

Same as gena but it extends below the knee

Specially educated women prefer to wear sari

Traditionally Garo men prefer to wear-

Shirt Lungi

Gena

Pagri

Garo women wearing Pagri & Gena

The Murongs

Origin: Murongs are one of the famous aborigines of Arakan. 

Geographical Position: Murongs now live in Lama, Ruma, Alikadom and Thanchi upazilas near Chimbuk Mountain of Bandarban district.

Dressing Pattern: Traditionally Murongi women wear-

Wanglai Risa

a piece of cloth like risa to cover their chest when they go to the

market

The wanglai is 9 to 11 inches in breadth and while wearing it

they keep 4 to 6 inches on the left side near the waist empty as

a matter of custom

Traditionally Murongi men prefer to wear-

Shirt Lungi

Woman in Wanglai and Risa Aged Murongs in Lungi and Shirt

The Khasias

Dressing Pattern: Traditionally Khasi women wear-

Ka-jimpin Nimakti

Worn lower part of their body

The blouse like dress

Traditionally Murongi men prefer to wear-

Fung marung Lungi

Jamapo Chusut

Sleeveless long dress

Scarf like cloth

Pocketless fatua like dress

Woman in Ka-jimpin & Nimakti Men in traditional dress

Conclusion Aboriginals are the ancient group having their own cultures & traditions

these people are not belong to modern era.

They consume their own fashion & tradition.

Their tradition sometime seems to be very different to the people of modern age.

we should have to pay enough respect to them because of preserving their tradition means we are struggling for our own ancient tradition to survive.

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