Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 30, No 3 (2017)

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Clothing consumption practices of conservative societies inhabited in northern Karnataka

SHWETA MARIYAPPANAVAR, SHAILAJA D. NAIK

Abstract


The origin of Indian conservative societies is evident from ancient times, in the epics of Ramayana and the
Mahabharata as literature. Conservative societies have been traced to such races as the Proto-Australoids, who at one time
practically covered the whole of India; secondly, the Mongoloids who are still located mostly in Assam and North East
India and finally to a limited extent to the Negrito’s strain as indicated by frizzy hair, among the Andamanese and the Siddis
of the South India. The survey was conducted among five selected conservative societies to elicit information regarding
factors considered while preplanning, clothing and household textiles preference for ready-mades, tailor made and homemade
clothing and many more. Thus the result reveals that is very poor because of lower socio-economic status and no exposure
to urban locale and societies.

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