Question

How does land and climate determine the clothes worn by the people of an area? Explain with examples.

Answer 1

Land and climate determine the way the people dress in the region.Some parts of the country experience both the extremes of summer and winter temperatures. On the other hand there in the coastal areas climate is same for almost the whole year. Accordingly, people too need to dress in a way that will make them survive comfortably in the existing climatic conditions.
In cold regions such as Kashmir, people need to wear woollen clothes throughout the year. Temperature often drops below freezing point and so clothes like phiran provide them comfort.
In warm areas, such as Rajasthan and Gujarat people wear cotton clothes. Cotton clothes are light and allow to remain cool. People prefer wearing loose clothes in these regions. For eg: Men wear pyjama kurta, dhoti kurta in the northern areas of India and lungi's and mundu's in the southern regions of our country.