A short memento… caused by Diwali, which was yesterday!
Last June I really enjoyed An Indian Summer Festival which was organized by a couple of volunteers from the Indian community from Leicester. This event took place in Phoenix Square, where an audience could taste Indian food, visit exhibitions, watch Indian films or take part in workshops. The programme for the two days of the festival was packed with an enormous amount of activities, one of them was the Interactive Sari Demo.
When I noticed an advertisement that An Indian Summer team was looking for models for the Sari Demo and that the experience, size and race are not important for them, I thought that it’s a great opportunity for me. I dreamt of learning how to wear a sari as I love this colourful and elegant cloth. I’m interested in the Indian culture from the history and traditional habits of this nation through to the delicious spicy cuisine and amazing fashion, which is absolutely different than the Western style.
During the two days of the festival I was dressed in four different styles of saris. I was impressed with the many different ways of wearing a sari. It’s difficult to imagine that it is a piece of a rectangle material, which wraps a body so beautifully. All of frills and creases of the material are pinned when dressing, can be worn in many different ways. Draping a sari is creative and quite complicated. Walking in a sari is also not easy as you have to be very refined, glamorous and alluring to make a good impression. Wearing a sari means being elegant.
Watch this space and pop in to Leicester to make summer very special – An Indian Summer!
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