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Amber: Hello! Today, we turn our attention to fashion and find out what women in
India think about the modernisation of their traditional dress - the sari.
Now the sari is one of the more complicated garments for women to wear - you
can’t just slip into it, you have to know exactly how, and where, to wind and to
tuck it. It’s made out of a long piece of fabric that winds into a lovely garment.
Traditional styles cover a lot of the body, except the middle (or ‘midriff’), and
have one end of the long piece of fabric resting over one shoulder. Some
modern styles are more revealing and some are even more sombre or serious
than the traditional styles!
We hear women explain what they love about the sari in both its traditional and
modern styles, and we focus on the descriptive language they use.
First try to catch what this lady thinks are the positive qualities of a traditional
sari. She lists five adjectives and they cover two extremes – from ‘convenient’
and ‘practical’ to?
Voice 1
It is one of the most convenient clothes for the summer. It is a wonderful garment that is
sexual, seductive and actually quite practical.
Amber: Did you catch the two extremes? On one hand, the traditional sari is
‘convenient’ and ‘practical’ – it’s useful and sensible, it’s suitable for everyday
wear. On the other hand, it’s ‘sexual’ and ‘seductive’ – it’s sexy! Listen again.
Voice 1
It is one of the most convenient clothes for the summer. It is a wonderful garment that is
sexual, seductive and actually quite practical.
Amber: Next, we hear how the traditional sari is being worn by women today in ‘a
corporate set up’ – in a business environment. This woman has seen the sari
worn by ‘a CEO of a company’ (a chief executive officer of a company) in
style that is ‘not at all sensual’ or sexy, but is suitable for her high status and
powerful position at work. We hear that, in this way, the sari has ‘become some
sort of a feminist statement in India’ – it conveys a belief that women are equal
to men, and can do the jobs they do. Try to catch what this sari looks like – we
hear it’s ‘reduced’ (it’s been simplified and shortened) and the speaker
compares it with a particular kind of ‘outfit’(or set of clothes).
Voice 2
I think it’s incredible how traditional attire has become some sort of a feminist statement in
India. I’ve seen it being used with really incredible strength in a corporate set up. For example,
the CEO of a company - she wears the sari and it is not at all sensual; it’s reduced to almost a
military outfit and it has incredible power.
Amber: So, for high-powered executives, the traditional ‘attire’ (that’s a formal word
for clothes) has been changed into a kind of ‘military’ outfit! Listen again.
Voice 2
I think it’s incredible how traditional attire has become some sort of a feminist statement in
India. I’ve seen it being used with really incredible strength in a corporate set up. For example,
the CEO of a company - she wears the sari and it is not at all sensual; it’s reduced to almost a
military outfit and it has incredible power.
Amber: To end this programme on the qualities of the Indian sari, we interrupt a lady
shopping in Delhi to ask her what she thinks about the modern, more revealing
styles of saris. She said that young women today enjoy showing off their bodies with low cut saris with ‘plunging necklines’, but she thinks the
traditional style that reveals some midriff is the most ‘alluring’ or sexy. Try to
catch the words she uses to mean ‘a little bit’, when she talks about the small
amounts of women’s bodies that the traditional sari reveals.
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