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| BBC Learning EnglishPeople and PlacesSarisAmber: Hello! Today, we turn our attention to fashion andfind out what women inIndia think about the modernisation of their traditionaldress - the sari. Now the sari is one of the more complicated garments forwomen to wear - you can’t just slip into it, you have toknow exactly how, and where, to wind and to tuck it. It’smade out of a long piece of fabric that winds into a lovelygarment. Traditional styles cover a lot of the body, exceptthe middle (or ‘midriff’), and have one end of the longpiece of fabric resting over one shoulder. Some modernstyles are more revealing and some are even more sombre orserious than the traditional styles! We hear women explain what they love about the sari in bothits traditional and modern styles, and we focus on thedescriptive language they use. First try to catch what this lady thinks are the positivequalities of a traditional sari. She lists five adjectivesand they cover two extremes – from ‘convenient’ and‘practical’ to? Voice 1It is one of the most convenient clothes for the summer. Itis a wonderful garment that is sexual, seductive andactually quite practical. Amber: Did you catch the two extremes? On one hand, thetraditional sari is‘convenient’ and ‘practical’ – it’s useful andsensible, it’s suitable for everyday wear. On the otherhand, it’s ‘sexual’ and ‘seductive’ – it’s sexy! Listen again. Voice 1It is one of the most convenient clothes for the summer. Itis a wonderful garment that is sexual, seductive andactually quite practical. Amber: Next, we hear how the traditional sari is beingworn by women today in ‘a corporate set up’ – in abusiness environment. This woman has seen the sari worn by‘a CEO of a company’ (a chief executive officer of acompany) in style that is ‘not at all sensual’ or sexy,but is suitable for her high status andpowerful position at work. We hear that, in this way, thesari has ‘become some sort of a feminist statement inIndia’ – it conveys a belief that women are equal to men,and can do the jobs they do. Try to catch what this sarilooks like – we hear it’s ‘reduced’ (it’s beensimplified and shortened) and the speakercompares it with a particular kind of ‘outfit’(or set ofclothes). Voice 2I think it’s incredible how traditional attire has becomesome sort of a feminist statement in India. I’ve seen itbeing used with really incredible strength in a corporateset up. For example, the CEO of a company - she wears thesari and it is not at all sensual; it’s reduced to almosta military outfit and it has incredible power. Amber: So, for high-powered executives, the traditional ‘attire’ (that’s a formal word for clothes) has beenchanged into a kind of ‘military’ outfit! Listen again. Voice 2I think it’s incredible how traditional attire has becomesome sort of a feminist statement in India. I’ve seen itbeing used with really incredible strength in a corporateset up. For example, the CEO of a company - she wears thesari and it is not at all sensual; it’s reduced to almosta military outfit and it has incredible power. Amber: To end this programme on the qualities of theIndian sari, we interrupt a lady shopping in Delhi to askher what she thinks about the modern, more revealing stylesof saris. She said that young women today enjoy showing offtheirbodies with low cut saris with ‘plunging necklines’, butshe thinks the traditional style that reveals some midriffis the most ‘alluring’ or sexy. Try to catch the wordsshe uses to mean ‘a little bit’, when she talks about thesmall amounts of women’s bodies that the traditional sarireveals. Voice 3On the other hand, the plunging necklines and all – in theIndian sense of sexuality, a sort of mysteriousness is veryimportant for sexuality, and one of the things that used tobe the most alluring about women in a sari was this glimpseof a midriff and this hint of a navel, and that is whatactually drove desire. Amber: So it’s the ‘glimpse’ and ‘hint’ of a woman’smiddle that is alluring – a glimpse is a quick look, or anincomplete look, and a hint is just a suggestion! Voice 3On the other hand, the plunging necklines and all – in theIndian sense of sexuality, a sort of mysteriousness is veryimportant for sexuality, and one of the things that used tobe the most alluring about women in a sari was this glimpseof a midriff and this hint of a navel, and that is whatactually drove desire. STING |
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