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    Traditional dresses in Gilgit Baltistan vary by region and gender. Women in Baltistan typically wear colorful dresses with silver or gold trim and sleeves with openings for washing. Their caps come in three styles. Men wear Phartsun caps in various materials that are considered honorable. In Hunza and Gilgit, women wear loose, colorful dresses and caps decorated with flowers or feathers. Men wear specific regional caps and robes. Royal dresses were ornately embroidered. The traditional attire expresses each group's unique cultural heritage.

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    Traditional dresses in Gilgit Baltistan vary by region and gender. Women in Baltistan typically wear colorful dresses with silver or gold trim and sleeves with openings for washing. Their caps come in three styles. Men wear Phartsun caps in various materials that are considered honorable. In Hunza and Gilgit, women wear loose, colorful dresses and caps decorated with flowers or feathers. Men wear specific regional caps and robes. Royal dresses were ornately embroidered. The traditional attire expresses each group's unique cultural heritage.

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    Traditional dresses in Gilgit Baltistan vary by region and gender. Women in Baltistan typically wear colorful dresses with silver or gold trim and sleeves with openings for washing. Their caps come in three styles. Men wear Phartsun caps in various materials that are considered honorable. In Hunza and Gilgit, women wear loose, colorful dresses and caps decorated with flowers or feathers. Men wear specific regional caps and robes. Royal dresses were ornately embroidered. The traditional attire expresses each group's unique cultural heritage.

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    Traditional Dresses of Gilgit Baltistan

    Short Introduction
    Gilgit Baltistan region posseses an attraction in its Unique multiculture and traditions. It comprises of mainly 7 districts with different local languages, costumes, cultural dances and dress which distinguish the entire Gilgit Baltistan from other parts of the country

    Caps
    Phartsun\ Nating
    The customs of wearing caps by the women members of these areas have a unique feature of its cultural heritage

    Women caps are basically three types

    Jewelry pieces
    The piece of jewelry worn in the front of iraghat phartsun called SILLA Burushaski TUMAR Balti which is made of Pure Silver.

    This is mainly use in the place of TEKA which is use usually wear by the women of subcontinent under the shall.

    Men caps.
    Male members of this area also use to wear different stuff of woolen phatsun (caps) they consider it as a honour for them

    Men usually wear two types of caps:

    Sheen Cast (Gilgiti) usually wear Pathani cap


    KHOI

    KHOI

    Balti peoples use a spherical shape cap


    NATING

    Balgossi Nating

    Like women the custom of decorating caps is also common in man specially during events like dancing each of them use to decorate caps according to their

    The people of Hunza and Baltistan usually adorn a flower on the front side of the cap while the Sheens use a Far on the front of the cap

    Dress Women \ Men

    Baltistan

    Hunza

    Gilgit

    Baltistan
    The trational balti dress are colourfull mostly red having silver or golden boundaries In these type of dresses there is a small opening from each elbows which are use to put out their hands for washing clothes

    For winter season a special sweater Rugune Gone is used which is made up of wool or cotton which is decorated with different handicrafts from the front side.

    A Balti Couple

    HUNZA \ GILGIT The women of Hunza\Gilgit wear dresses usually loose, colorful and FRAQ type little difference that these type dresses are short with colorful bounders and usually not fitting from upper side

    Hunza:
    Caps with flower at the front side Woolen Robe having long sleeves A colourfull belt tied up along the waist known as Oshchum Woolen socks and shoes known Huchu.

    Gilgit:
    White Caps with a Far Gamburi at the front side Shalwar Qameez. Long Cloak Chugha which may be short or in jaket style

    Baltistan
    :

    A cone shape cap known as Nating usually white is wear A kamarband known as Skerakh usually tight on the inside of the Shuqa A small piece of shall also used to hang over the shoulder or neck.

    The Royal dress;


    The

    royal dress of Gilgit Baltistan was use to wear by Raja of these area which is embroidered with gold or silver from the front side In the picture Prince Kareem Agha
    Khan in royal dress at Baltit Fort Hunza

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