Is traditional Indian dress linked to religion?

Question

My son has to wear tradional Indian dress (not native American) for a school nativity but as only a very small percentage of Indians are Christians I am wondering If tradional Indian dress is linked to relgions such as Hinuism thus making it inappropriate for a Christian celebration>

Answer 1

Funny Bun is right. I am Sikh and it did start out that way with link to Hinduism (the main and ultimate religion in India) but now evolved in the way that Funny Bun stipulates.

There are many Christians in India and thus wear Indian dress. Also, Saris are cool. I love wearing them as you feel like a queen!

Answer 2

Hello, I attended Diwali celebrations last week and was very honoured to be given the loan of a sari by an Indian friend. I wore the sari with pride and was complimented on being open-minded enough to wear it. Some of the Indian ladies wore western style clothing and although some were Hindu and some Sikh, the different styles of sari are more according to the region of India from which the person originates, rather than the religion. Incidentally, I am Christian, but each to his/her own is what I say. The more we embrace diversity the better this world will be.

Answer 3

There is no such thing is Traditional Indian dresses. You are accommodating traditional Hindu dresses with Indian. And I understand the reason. Hinduism is the dominant religion of Indian, therefore confuse it as being Indian.

Traditional Indian clothing can also accommodate Hi-jabs and burqa from Islam. And other Christian clothing's as well.

Answer 4

well, lets clear a few things here. if i am not wrong, clothes came before religions. in that case clothes are definitely not related to any religion. its just a regional style of dressin that becomes a tradition. its just a coincidence that many ppl in india are Hindus. and thats the religion. also clothes one wears are a combo of many factors, topography, climate etc... i think if u visit india u are bound to find more than a handful of traditional costumes because it seems to have almost all geographical features that one may find in the atlas.
dont worry. go ahead with the dress.. it wont translate to any sin in anyway. and i realy think the indian saree (the one that many women wear) looks really amazing on many ppl (exclusively women)....

Answer 5

If this had happened in an academic setting, which it didn't, a serious student like yourself should have waited for the professor to respond to the outrageous insults contained in your classmate's question. I pity anyone else in the class, paying tuition to listen to a pair of idiots argue in their ignorance. Is there not a professor?

Answer 6

some of it is religious related by dreams and teachings. some is passed down from generation to generation. it is linked more to the earth and the things upon the earth that we see and use every day. it is a gift to the ones who dress this way for different reason, ceremonies, (religious of course) powwows and special occasions. elk

Answer 7

Your idea will seperate people into different religious and different education, different level of society, different strips of people by colour, by regional, by villages, by country, then we are defenced to others and the relationship will be poor.
Open mind and open heart to see how the different with other and which is simulars to us? Why simulars? Culture background or regional background?

Answer 8

I think you mean Hinduism which is a very wide religion and can certainly accommodate Christianity

Answer 9

No,I 'm aChristian wearing traditional Indian dress.

Answer 10

When faith is weak, everything hurts.