Dress and Ornaments
DRESS: The Females wear
1.RIJAMPHAIN: white Colour cloth with worn from chest to knees
2.RIJAMPHAIN BEREN (RAMAI): Chest wrapper with Stripes of Bright Colours like white,Green (sometimes deep blue),Black,Yellow (sometimes orange) and red,Worn only in special occasions (marriage,Dance,Festivals).
3.RIGU: Wrapper or Lower Garment Worn from Waist to ankle. it can be Of various colours.
4.RIKHAOSA: A Muffler Either of Yellow, green or white in colour worn above the Chest wrapper. it can be also Taken by the males.
5.RIGU-SET: It is introduced recently due to influence of mainstream culture,It is Dimasa mekhela Chadar,consisting of "Rigu" (Lower garement Worn from Waist to ankle.) and "set" which is same piece of cloth that is drapped like Indian saree.It can be of any colour.
6.BATHORMAI: Kind of Rigu which has only one particular design,it can be of different colours,worn from waist to till knees
Males: 1.SGAOPHA (Phagri): Dimasa males wear turban in a head called “Phagri” or "Sgaopha", Phagri are of either green or yellow but in times of marriages or dance, the bridegroom or dancer wear white phagri tied with red ribbon to the chin.
2.RIGDO: Short Muffler which can be of any colour.
3. RISHA:Short dhoti worn From waist to knee and sometimes taken as muffler also, Risha can be of different colours.
4.GAINTHAO: White Long Dhoti worn from Waist to Ankle
5. RIKHAOSA: long muffler taken by both men and women,it can be in the colours of white,green and yellow
6.RIENDI: Riendi even called Rithap. Chaddar or Shawl worn by men usually made from Endi/Eri silk of Silk worm.
7. REMSHAU: shawl only of colour either white or yellow with colourful design embedded in White background, this type of design is found only on Remshau)
8. MAGONG: shawl of various colour
Ornaments:
The male Dimasa use only two types of ornaments namely Yaocher and Kharik.
Females uses Following Ornaments:
PHOWAL: necklace made of expensive Coral and Real silver metal beads,it also worn by males
JONGSAMA: Necklace made of micro-beads of any colour with Coral and silver beads in between.
RANGBARSHA: Necklace made of coins.
CHANDRAWAL: Necklace made of Three Silver Chain with Flowered shaped.
RMAILIK: necklace made of Micro-beads, the colour pattern is same with the Rijamphain beren or Rmai ( Chest wrapper)
LIKJAO: Necklace made of Red micro beads
LIKSHIM: Necklace made of black micro beads
KHADU: Heavy Silver bangle.
KHAMAOTHAI: Silver/Gold earring.
YAOSHIDAM: finger-Ring
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