The borla, also known as rakhdi, is an ornament worn on which part of the body?
- A.The head
- B.The nose
- C.The waist
- D.The feet
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the head. The borla is a small round ornament that hangs at the parting of the hair and rests at the centre of the forehead; it is a sign of a married woman and belongs above all to Marwar, where it is also called rakhdi. Option B is wrong because the ornaments of the nose are the nath, the besar, the laung and the chop, and candidates most often confuse the borla with the besar. Option C is wrong because the waist carries the kardhani or tagdi for women and the kandora for men, both of them belts rather than small pendants. Option D is wrong because the feet carry the payal, jhanjhar, nevari, kadla and bichhiya, all made of silver by custom. Another head ornament worth remembering beside the borla is the sheeshphool, which spreads over the hair.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Timaniya
- B.Kardhani
- C.Bajuband
- D.Nevari
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The kardhani, also called tagdi, is the belt of linked metal worn round the waist by women; the corresponding ornament worn by men is the kandora.
Read the full explanation →The pomcha, a yellow odhni printed with lotus flowers, is traditionally presented to a woman
- A.After the birth of a child
- B.At the time of a death in the family
- C.When she leaves for her parents' home
- D.On the first day of the agricultural year
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The name comes from the word for the lotus, which is the chief motif of the print, and the yellow ground marks an auspicious event; the garment is given to a mother after childbirth and is also worn at Teej and other festive occasions.
Read the full explanation →The lahariya pattern of Rajasthan is particularly associated with which season?
- A.Winter
- B.The monsoon
- C.Summer
- D.Autumn
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Lahariya takes its name from the word for a wave, and its diagonal stripes, produced by rolling the cloth and tying it before dyeing, are said to stand for the running water of the rains; safas and odhnis of this pattern are worn in Sawan and at the Teej festival…
Read the full explanation →The famous Sanganeri block print belongs to which district of Rajasthan?
- A.Jaipur
- B.Barmer
- C.Chittorgarh
- D.Bikaner
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Sanganer lies just south of Jaipur city and is known for its fine floral block printing on a white or cream ground, worked with delicate outlines and soft colours, and the neighbouring village of Bagru in the same district prints bolder motifs in black and red.
Read the full explanation →Dabu printing, in which a mud paste is used to resist the dye, is most closely associated with
- A.Akola in Chittorgarh
- B.Sanganer in Jaipur
- C.Nathdwara in Rajsamand
- D.Pokhran in Jaisalmer
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In dabu the printer stamps a paste of clay, gum and other material on the cloth, dyes it, and then washes off the paste to leave the covered areas undyed, and Akola is the centre with which the craft is identified, although the technique is also practised at Bagru.
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