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DRESSING UP IN KUWAIT, SWEDEN AND INDIA
In Kuwait, men and women wear their traditional dress most of the time, For men it is a long robe and a cloth covering the head. For women it’s similar and they wear a veil. Foreign male visitors usually wear lightweight cotton trousers and white shirts with short or long sleeves. Men often wear sandals during the day but never in the office. They wear a jacket and a tie for social occasions. But when it’s really hot, it’s usual to take off the jacket. Foreign women visitors usually wear long loose clothes, which cover their neck and arms.
The Swedish are very interested in clothes and are less formal than they were. People usually dress well in public and wear bright colors. In Sweden the winters are very cold, so overcoats and ski jackets are very common. Men wear business suits for work, with a shirt and a tie and women often wear trousers. People often carry a spare pair of shoes because you need boots outside. Children and teenagers are more casual than their parents. For school, they wear blue jeans and T-shirts.
Traditional dress in India for women is sari and for men the achkan suit. The sari has its own distinctive style depending on which part of India it comes from – every region has its own special colors, decoration and style. The men wear their heavy and expensive achkan suits on formal occasions but for less formal occasions they wear the kurtha suit, a long shirt and loose trousers, which is not as heavy as the achkan. Indian people wear lighter colors as they grow older and at funerals white is the usual colour to wear.
Many people wear western-style clothes. For work they wear smart clothes, but not suits and ties. Women usually wear trousers and blouses but not dresses. Young people are as casual as young people all over the world with their jeans and T-shirts.
Exercise 58. Read the following text and prepare the report about Indian clothing
