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Competencies
C-4.2

• Critical thinking
• Creativity
21st CENTURY SKILLS • Social skills
8 The Clothes We Wear

Warm Up

Collect a picture of the traditional dress of your State/Union Territory
and paste it in the box below. Write the name of the dress.

The climatic conditions in India vary from place

to place and from season to season. The climatic
condition in a particular region greatly influences

the type of clothes that people wear. Thus, different
types of dresses are worn in different parts of India.

Shirts, trousers and
Knowledge Zone sarees are worn in

  Many years ago, India was known for almost all the States A Manipuri woman in the
traditional dress
the finest quality of clothes all over

the world. of India. In big cities, the girls like to wear
  Cotton clothes are very comfortable. jeans, trousers, shirts and tops, while the
boys wear jeans, shirts, T-shirts.

Dresses of Women in India
Saree and blouse is the most popular dress for women in our country.

Sarees are made from cotton, silk, nylon or polyester cloth. There are

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