TrAdItIoNaL PaNjAbI OrNaMeNtS

Sonia_Nz

>>>>MaHiYa<<<<
There are heaps of traditional punjabi ornaments that were or still being worn by panjabis all over the world. Some of them I have tried listing below. Does anyone know of anyother ornaments that are not listed on this list :-?

HEAD ORNAMENTS

Men

1. Sarpesh – the jeweled aigrette worn in front of the turban
2. Kutbiladar – an oval pendant worn over the forehead
3. Kalgi – Plume in jeweled setting
4. Turah-I-marwarid – tassels of pearls worn on the turban

Women

1. Sisphul, chaunk or choti phul – a round boss worn on the hair over the forehead
2. Mauli – a long chain made of rows of pearls separated by jeweled studs
3. Sir mang – a pendant worn on the head by Hindus

FOREHEAD ORNAMENTS

By Women only

1. Tika or kashka – small ornament on the forehead which hangs with a chain
2. Chand bina – a moonshaped pendant
4. Tawit – small amulets worn on the head
5. Jhumar – a tassel shaped ornament or pendant
6. Guchhi marwarid – a cluster of pearls
7. Bindi – small tinsel forehead ornament
8. Barwata – tinsel stars worn over the eyebrows

EAR ORNAMENTS

Men

1. Bala – very large ring worn by Khatris, Sikhs and Dogras
2. Murki - smaller earrings of the same shape
3. Dur – a small earring with three studs
4. Birbali – a broad earring with three studs

Women

1. Bali or Goshwara – a set of rings worn on the edge of the ear
2. Bali Bahaduri – it has a large pointed stud in the center
3. Karnphul, Dhedu and Jhumka – all forms of tassel like ornaments
4. Pipal Pata – like a murki, but has a pendant ending in a fringe of little gold pipal leaves
5. Kantala – A similar ornament like pipal-patta but this has a stud besides the pendant
6. Bala Khungri – a heavy fringed earring
7. Bala Katoriwalla – an earring with a bowl-like pendant
8. Khalli – small earring
9. Jalil – A small earring with a small jeweled central stud
10. Phumni – silk and tinsel tassels
11. Machh Machlian – a small gold figure of a fish worn as an earring
12. Mor Phunwar – pendant of jewels being an imitation of the figure of a peacock

NOSE ORNAMENTS

Women

1. Nath – a large nose ring with one side ornamented with a belt of jewels or a few pearls
2. Bulak – a small pendant either worn hung to the cartilage of nose, or strung to a nath
3. Latkan – a sort of pendants put on to the thin gold ring called nath and hanging from it
4. Morni – a small pendant for the above, shaped like the spread out tail of a peacock
5. Laung – a small stud let into the flesh of the nostril on one side with a pearl on it
6. Phuli – a small ring with a single emerald, or other stone of an oval shape, as a pendant
7. Bohr – a dangling pendant of gold pipal-leaves

NECK ORNAMENTS

Men
1. Mala – a necklace of large beads handing down long and loose
2. Kaintha – this fits rather close to the neck, the pendant may be omitted
3. Nam – an amulet, round or star shaped, suspender from a twist of colored silk thread
4. Tawiz - a square amulet, jeweled or otherwise
5. Zanjiri – a set of chains

Women

1. Chandanhar – a collar or necklace of a great number of chains
2. Mala – a plain necklace of pearls or gold bead, hanging down long
3. Champakali – a necklace like a collar with pendants of plain metal or set with stones.
4. Jugni – single jeweled pendant, hanging from a necklace of silk and elongated in shape
5. Mohran – a gold mohur or coin hung by a silk necklace
6. Guluband – a jeweled collar
9. Mohnmala – gold beads necklace with an interval of twisted thread between each bead
10. Atradan – a square jeweled or plain gold pendant attached to a silk chain
11. Kandi – a chain of silk carrying amulet cases
12. Silwatta – an amulet case shaped like a small gold pillow with two suspended rings

ARM ORNAMENTS

1. Bazuband – a broad belt-like ornament mounted on silk and tied on the upper arm
2. Nauratan – like bazuband, consisting of a band of nine gems set side by side by silk ties
3. Taviz – an amulet worn on the upper arm
5. Bhawatta – a square gold ornament, worn on the upper arm

BRACELETS

Men

1. Ponchi – a series of strings of shells or small gold elongated beads worn on the wrist
2. Kangan or Kara or Gokru – a bracelet of stiff metal

Women

1. Ponchian – worn on wrist with several categories called kutbi, chuhadandi, iliachdana etc.
2. Kangan - worn on the wrist are generally of gold
3. Banka – thick gold bracelets, mostly used by Hindus
4. Gajra – a flexible bracelet made of square gold studs mounted on a silk band
5. Churi – of several varieties generally made of a flat ribbon of gold or silver, bent round
6. Jhankangan – small hollow karas with grains introduced into the hollow to rattle

FINGER RINGS

1. Anguthi – a ring set with stones also called mundri
2. Challa – a plain hoop or whole hoop ring, with or without stones, being of gold or silver
3. Angutha – a big ring with a broad face worn on the toe
4. Shahelmi or Khari – a ring of long oval shape


ANKLETS

1. Pahzeb – various ankle ornaments made with chains and pendants of silver
2. Jhanjar – a large hollow ring which rattles when the wearer walks
3. Kharian-apir or khalkhal – like karas worn on the ankles
4. Ghungru – a ring or ankle of long ornamental beads of silver worn on the feet
5. Zanjiri – a set of chains with broad clasp, also known as tora

 

Sonia_Nz

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