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South Indian culture refers to the culture of the South Indian states of
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. South Indian culture
though with its visible differences forms an important part of the
Indian culture. The South Indian Culture is essentially the celebration
of the eternal universe through the celebration of the beauty of the
body and motherhood.It is exemplified through its dance, clothing, and
sculptures.South Indian women traditionally wear the sari while the men
wear a type of sarong, which could be either a white dhoti or a
colourful lungi with typical batik patterns. The sari, being an
unstitched drape, enhances the shape of the wearer while only partially
covering the midriff. In Indian philosophy, the navel of the Supreme
Being is considered as the source of life and creativity. Hence by
tradition, the stomach and the navel is to be left unconcealed, though
the philosophy behind the costume has largely been forgotten.This makes
the realization of sharira-mandala, where in Angikam bhuvanam yasya (the
body is your world) unites with the shaarira-mandala (the whole
universe), as expressed in the Natyashastra. These principles of the
sari, also hold for other forms of drapes, like the lungi or mundu or
anchey (a white lungi with colourful silk borders in kannada) worn by
men. The lungi is draped over clockwise or counterclockwise and is tied
at the back or fixed just along the waist line. It's sometimes lifted
till knee and tied at the waist leisurely or just held in hand to speed
up walking. In Andhra and in parts of north karnataka men wear kachche
panchey where it is tied at back by taking it between legs.Similar
pattern is seen in women. All over the peninsular coastal region men
wear coloured lungis and women wear sari in a way tying it at back.The
Araimudi (araimuti) was worn by young Tamil girls.The Araimudi (araimuti) (Tamil: அரைமுடி, araimūḍi ?) is a small silver
metal plate shaped like a heart or a fig leaf formerly worn by young
Tamil girls on their genitals. "Arai" means loin and "mudi" means cover.
The araimudi is also known as the "Genital shield" and an araimudi was
mentioned in the "Guide to the principal exhibits in the Government
Museum, Pudukkottai", by M. S. Chandrasekhar, published in 1966 as being
displayed in an exhibit in the Madras Government Museum. "A Manual of
the Salem district in the presidency of Madras, Volume 1" said "The
children sometimes, to the age of ten years or more, go in a state of
nudity, relieved perhaps by a piece of string round the waist which
sustains the "araimudi" or heart-shaped piece of silver, which calls
attention to what it purports to conceal." The "Madras district
gazetteers, Volume 1, Part 1" said 'Little girls, up to the age of about
3, wear nothing but the little heart-shaped piece of silver suspended
by a waist-cord (arai- mudi) " which calls attention to what it purports
to conceal."'"Percival's Tamil-English dictionary", edited by P.
Percival defined Araimudi as "அரைமுடி arai múḍi, A small plate of gold
or silver, appended to the girdle of female children, for the sake of
decency". Miron Winslow's dictionary, "A comprehensive Tamil and English
Dictionary of High and Low Tamil" defined araimudi as "அரைமுடி, s. A
small plate of metal worn by little girls over the private parts." Abbe
Dubois's book "Hindu manners, customs and ceremonies", translated from
French and edited by Henry Beauchamp stated that "Even the private parts
of the children have their own particular decorations. Little girls
wear a gold or silver shield or codpiece on which is graven some
indecent picture ; while a boy's ornament, also of gold or silver, is an
exact copy of that member which it is meant to decorate." "Description
of the character, manners, and customs of the people of India; and their
institutions, religious and civil", also written by Dubois said "The
children of either sex are likewise ornamented with various trinkets of
the same form, though smaller than those of grown persons. They have
also some that are peculiar. As all children in India go perfectly naked
till they are six or seven years old, the parents of course, adapt the
ornaments to the natural parts of the body. Thus, the girls have a plate
of metal suspended so as to conceal, in some measure, their nakedness.
The boys, on the other hand, have little bells hung round them, or some
similar device of silver or gold, attached to the little belt with which
they are girt. Amongst the rest, a particular trinket appears in front,
bearing a resemblance to the sexual part of the lad." Until the 1960s
in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka girls wore the Araimudi.
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