Suthna – Children Wear
In earlier period there were no custom of preserving children costumes, they used to generally get destroyed. In the middle period, kurta was worn as shown by idols and painings of that period. Underneath they wear pajma or cloth covering their lower portion which was known as Suthna. In winters they used to wear Ghughi.
Ghughi Patterns
The upper cloth of ghughi was of satin and fancy cloth material, sometimes it was of Kashmiri cloth. On its corners, minakari stem was embroidered. The upper portion was like cap which covered children head. In the cap, big cloth was attached which reaches the ankle and covers the whole body.
Ghughi used to be worn by both boy and girl. The nineteen century costume are still prevalent in Jaipur and Udaipur royal class. It consists of kurta, pajama and top. They are generally made of silken and satin material in which gota flowers are stitched. Efforts are made to make these costume more attractive and decorative.
Teenage Boys wear dhoti-angarkhi, pajama –angarkhi while girls wear ghaghra blouse. Odhani’s were not worn by little girl as it was tradition to wear odhani after marriage.
We are in process of collating some more information and photos on Rajasthan kid’s wear and will post the same in coming days.
