sari

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Creating each patola sari is a painstakingly detailed six to eight month process and although we know that the fabric is spun using the complicated double ikat weaving technique, the details are a closely-guarded family secret, handed down from generation to generation by the artisans.

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  1. noun An outer garment worn chiefly by women of India and Pakistan, consisting of a length of lightweight cloth with one end wrapped about the waist to form a skirt and the other draped over the shoulder or covering the head.

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  • Aling Unding is not one sanggano, me tindahan syang sari-sari (watever-ever store) hehehe and we tok all the time when i buy yosi. —  reyna elena dot com
  • He said his wife has a small sari-sari (variety) store. —  Bulatlat
  • He said customers have reduced the amount they spend on a sari, which is the main impediment. —  The Economic Times
  • Having started her sari-sari (variety) store business from a very small capital, she is coping well with the challenges of her business. —  Kiva Loans
  • Although the popularity of the Indian sari as a costume even in Western cultures has reached far and wide, for Indian women, the sari is another matter altogether.
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  1. Hindi sāṛī, from Prakrit sāḍī, from Sanskrit śāṭī.

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  1. Also saree, sary; from Hindustani sārī.
 

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