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| Dimasa traditional ornaments and dresses |
being a colorful tribe, have a great interest to adore with beautiful jewelry
along with their colorful traditional dresses. The Dimasa traditional
ornaments are made like the color pattern of their traditional dress like Rajamphain
Rmai Beren. Often, Dimasa Jewelleries/Ornaments varied made of gemstones such as
coral, coins, microbeads, and metal. The Dimasa male use only two
types of ornaments namely Yaocher & Kharik and Dimasa females uses different types of ornaments such as Jongsama,
Rangbarsha, Rmailik, Chandrawal, etc.
Dimasa male ornaments names
are:
Nowadays, except for rings, the Dimasa man does not wear any ornaments. In the past, of
course, they put on silver earrings called Kharik and silver iron called Yaocher.
Yaoser), Yao means hand and Cher means iron, altogether its means Yaocher. It is
worn by Dimasa men on his hand like a bangle.
Kharik is an earring worn by Dimasa men. It is made from copper.
Dimasa female ornaments
names are:
The Dimasa female is very fond of ornaments. Among the important ornaments, they use necklaces made of silver pieces and costly seashells; in the past, earrings (Khamaothai)
were made of gold, but nowadays Khamaothai is made of micro-beads in different
colors and designs, necklaces made of silver, necklaces made of silver coins
(Rangbarsha), pure silver bangle (Khadu), and necklaces made of different kinds
with micro-beads.
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| Jongsama |
Jongsama in different colors and designs:
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| Jongsama different colors |
Dimasa girls and women. It is made of micro-beads the color pattern of Dimasa
traditional dress, Rajamphain Rmai Beren.
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| Chandrawal Renbri |
flower-shaped with silver worn by women. The Chandrawal are divided into two
designs namely Chandrawal Renshi(made of three rows) and Chandrawal Renbri(made
of four rows).
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| Rangbarsha |
Rangbarsha is a Dimasa traditional necklace
worn by girls and women. It is made from silver coins.
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| Rmailik |
Rmailik is made of
colorful micro-beads worn by Dimasa girls and women. It is the combination of two words Rmai
and Lik. “Rmai” means the colorful stripes of orange, yellow, green, black,
blue, and white used in the upper garment like Rijamphain Rmai Beren, and
“Lik” means beaded necklace.
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| Shukhep |
The traditional headgear is called Shukhep
in the Dimasa language (Grao-Dima). It is a colorful headgear made with bamboo
sticks worn by Dimasa women.
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| Khamaothai |
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| A beautiful Dimasa girl adorns with Khamaothai and Rangbarsha |
Khamaothai is an earring
that is a necklace worn by girls and women.
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| Khadu (Bangle) |
Khadu is a bangle or circlet worn by women. Khadu is
made from pure silver.
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| Phowal |
Phowal is a garland worn by both Dimasa men and women. It is
made of coral and pure silver beads. Red-colored and metal beads become
alternatives due to lack of coral and costly.
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Conclusion
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