page_title: Culture of Dhaka
section_title: Dress
hierarchical_section_title: Culture of Dhaka / Dress
caption_attribution_description: English: Traditional blue jamdani
context_page_description: Dhaka is the most populous city of Bangladesh and is characterised by its busy urban life with vibrant and versatile culture including many festivities, variety of cuisine, entertainment industry, shopping experience and sites of interests.
context_section_description: The most popular dressing styles for women are shari or shælwar kamij, while men usually prefer western clothing to the traditional lungi. This area is credited for the revival of the jamdani saree due to the many local saree stores selling and promoting these locally hand-made traditional Bengali sarees of fine patterned muslin. Jamdanis are 100% hand woven and originate from the Mughal era. Jamdanis are produced by a traditional high quality cottage industry, which is slowly dying out due to the slow production process. A single medium-range Jamdani saree may take as long as 3 months to complete.
caption: A jamdani muslin saree in a traditional design
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