dhoti
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In the film, he ditches the white dhoti for a more stylish blue one - which he pairs with a funky suit decorated with intricate Indian motifs, and a cool hard-part haircut.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2023
Reinvigorated and clad in a saffron dhoti, Ram exacts revenge on the despotic British governor with the help of his burly friend Bheem, who bears a resemblance to the Hindu god Hanuman.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022
His legs, stick-thin within the loose folds of a dhoti, are pulled close to his chest.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2019
An affable man, seemingly indifferent to appearances, he wore a worn orange dhoti and white shirt with a blue ink stain billowing out beneath the pocket.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2019
Wearing a dhoti and a saffron-colored scarf draped around his shoulders, the high-caste Hindu priest had accompanied us to the crematorium.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
The Croatian designer culled from different religious traditions, pairing his signature voluminous trenches and wide-cut blazers with dhotis that looked snatched off a Hindu sadhu or North African harem pants in earthy fibers.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2010
Two of the chief mourners on the duck which bore Gandhi's ashes were Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel, both clad in white dhotis, both barefoot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the fertile coffee plantations on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, lounge-suited leaders of the progressive Chagga tribe queued up at polling stations alongside white planters in khaki shorts and Asian shopkeepers in dhotis.
From Time Magazine Archive
New Delhi National Stadium bulged last week with Indian families in traditional saris and dhotis, but that was as far as tradition went.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fortunately we obtained a boat and crew from another chief, at the extortionate charge of four kitindis and four dhotis merikani, besides the usual sailors' fee.
From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
