Sarpech - Rajasthani Male's Turban Ornament
Jewellery is an item of personal adornment that is worn by a person. It may be made from gemstones or precious stones.
Jewellery word is derived from latin word ‘jocale’ meaning plaything. It has been made to adorn nearly every bodypart from hairpins to toe rings.
As such, Designer Jewellery is mostly associated with women, but even men’s jewellery comes in decorative and appealing style. From past few years jewellery has lost its impact in a men’s life, yet some kinds of jewellery especially silver jewellery is still worn by rural men in the state of Rajasthan.
Jewellery is worn as accessory with clothes, Turban is also one of the those clothes that attracts ornaments. Some of the Turban ornaments are sarpech, kalgi, sarpatti and turra.
KALGI
It is a type of Rajasthani jewellery for a men, that is mainly a collection of feathers. It inspired by feathered crest of wonderful birds, belonging to the region. The distinguished Kalgi design used to possess three black heron feather. The members of royal family used to wear it. Sometimes metal sheets are used in place of feathers.
SARPATTI
It is another type of turban ornament which came in vogue in late Eighteen century. It is essentially a synthesis of sarpech and armband and consists of hinged units, there number ranging from three to seven with a kalgi attached to central unit. At times, a single pendant is hanged from the sarpatti.
SARPECH
The word is made of two words – head and screw. It is shaped like single vertical feather with a curved tip. Crafted from metal it was set with gems on observer’s side; even the reverse side is enamelled or decorated with precious stones. It is worn by tucking its gold stem usually called quill into the folds of turban.
TURRA
It is often shaped like fan, and is used as an ornament in turban.
It is well said “Jewellery takes people’s mind off your wrinkles”, and all the beauty of a turban lies in its ornaments.
