Clothes

Women particularly young girls dress up white saris with red borders and men clothed punjabis, fatua with cultural pride in Pahela Boishakh. Poila (Pahela/Poyla/Pohela) Boishakh is the first day of the Bangla Calendar. Poila Boishakh is celebrated in a festive manner in both Bangladesh and West Bengal, as well as by Bengali people. Poila Boishakh is also known as Noboborsho, or Bengali New Year, as it is the first day of the first month of Boishakh in the Bengali calendar. This day is a very festive time for Bengalis.

Bangladeshi women habitually wear Sarees. Jamdani was once world famous for it's most artistic and expensive ornamental fabric. Moslin, a fine and artistic type of cloth was well-known worldwide. Naksi Kantha, embroidered quilted patchwork cloth produced by the village women, is still familiar in villages and towns simultaneously. A common hairstyle is Beni (twisted bun) that Bangalee women are fond of. Traditionally males wear Panjabis, Fatuas and Pajamas. Hindus wear Dhuty for religious purposes. Now-a-days common dresses of males are shirts and pants.

Children wore very short "Dhoti" -a loin cloth worn by men- that reached the knee, or a tight thigh-hugger.

Popular Sarees of Bangladesh: muslin, jamdani, tangail, rajshadi silk, mirpur bridal sarees.

Bangladeshi woman usually wear Saris, made of the world famous and expensive, finely embroidered quilted patchwork cloth produced by the village woman. Woman will traditionally wear their hair in a twisted bun, which is called the “Beni style”. Hindus will traditionally wear Dhuty for religious purposes. These days most men of Bangladesh wear pants and shirts.

For everyday wearing, cotton sari's are worn, while silk ones are worn during special occasions/festivals.

Men wear lungi-similar to the sarong-that wraps around the waist, with it, a Western style shirt. And for formal occasions, men wear ankle-length, collarless jacket called Sherwani, and slippers called Nagra.