ASA 141
5/519
Week 2: Be Green
This week during the Be Green challenge, I successfully avoided buying any clothing or accessories! However, there was only one point where I really wanted to. This week I was hosting the Indian Student Association culture show all of Sunday, and there was a moment where I realized my earrings didn't really match my sari. I realized this was a petty reason to break the challenge, so I decided to just make a different pair of earrings work by changing my makeup. This pair of earrings meant a lot to me, as it signified which region I'm from in India just based on the way I styled my sari/my earrings. This reminds me a lot of the different kimono colors and prints we learned about in class. I thought it was very interesting and I could relate to how the specific print and color corresponded to a certain family. I don't have this exact experience, but I have seen that you can tell exactly what region is from in India just buy something as simple as earrings or how someone ties their sari! I have some different styles of tying that I've shown below, such as the classic Gujarati sari and the voni lengha, or half sari which is representative of South India but mainly in the region of Andhra Pradhesh.
Images: the Gujurati style of tying a sari (on the top) vs. the voni langa on the bottom.
References
“Kimono Refashioned.” Asian Art Museum | Kimono Refashioned, www.asianart.org/ exhibitions/kimono-refashioned.
“Half Sarees | Designer Half Sarees, Langa Voni Designs.” Mirraw.com, www.mirraw.com/ sarees/half-sarees
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