EidulFitr: Women adore customary varicolored-embroidered balochi frocks
Multi-colored embroidered balochi woman gown is an outstanding visage of Pashtun culture
(Dunya News) A celebration, bejeweled with the individuality of culture - aggrandizes the Eid festivity. Balochistan showcases the inimitable women clothing. This fans the desire of women in Quetta to wear their typical pashtun gowns specially, on the ecstatic occasion of Eid.
Hand made embroidered heavily flared traditional pathani frock: Photo: File
Crafted with colorful threaded hand-embroidery and embellishments, this extravagantly flared balochi women frock is a depiction of Pashtun culture. Women in Balochistan even today, adore their cultural apparel.
‘Despite being little overpriced, traditional pathani frocks are our preferred attire for Eid’, commented a female shopper in Quetta Bazaar.
Markets in Quetta are flooded with the rush of women to buy these customary Pashtun gowns. With altering fashion trends, these dresses are now also being made with machines that cost less and give more finished looks.
New trends in machine made balochi dresses. Photo: File
According to a shopkeeper at local wear store in Quetta, customers like their traditional dresses and buy these customary frocks not only for themselves but for their friends and family in abroad.
Studded with pearls, tiny pieces of mirrors, rhinestones and multi-colored threads, this ornamented gown is an outstanding visage of Pashtun culture and delights women on Eid.
