Asian dress

[snug]

Can anybody explain why Asian men of all religions have, by and large adopted western dress but the women still wear traditional dress.

[Ethel]

I rarely see Asian ladies in traditional costume nowadays, sadly, except for weddings and so on.

I quite fancy a sari or a salwar-kameez in this hot weather. They look so cool and comfortable.

[styley]

I don't know if what you've stated is fact but I am of the assumption that girls of that region of the world are oppressed and are happy enough in that situation.

[Lonnie]

My wife and I went to a Sikh wedding, she wore a Sari, and looked absolutely gorgeous in it.

Long live the Sari.

[VS Prasad]

Among Asians, Indians are known to be classy and
traditional. Nearly 90% of India's population lives in
villages. They mostly wear traditional dresses - both men
and women.

Anees Jung: �Women are the ones who preserve traditions
- Women preserve the traditions because they are carriers of customs and social practices that they keep vibrant and reinforce for successive generations".

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021215/herw orld.htm

Many Indians think that Indian women are better at preserving traditions than men. This is true even for
Indians living abroad.

It is partly true for women in Spain and South America:

"Reed shows how the emerging ideal of multiculturalism guided these women's efforts to preserve tradition even as it limited their ability to speak honestly about their lives. They endured painful conflicts between the romanticized New Mexican home they boosted publicly and the traditional gender roles they resisted privately. Their lives illustrate the difficulty of prioritizing both tradition and individualism, but they also testify to the invigorating possibilities of cultural change.

http://www.unmpress.com/Book.php?id=1039457381 3179

www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/journey/ii6eng.rtf

Why is it that women are more likely to carry out the traditions?

http://www.genealogy.com/9_famtrd.html