Aaroma Homes
a journey to save
the culture and traditions
A Nepali women
in typical Nepali
cultural dress.
” Nepali traditional
and cultural ornaments with
Nepali traditional things “
बुँलाकी (Bulaki)
The very old and a traditional jewelry
made up of gold is called bulaki. It is light
in weight i.e can be made of in less than
4 aana of gold. It is the jewelry for the nose. It hangs below thehole pierced through the septum.Usually, it consists of a ring with
pendent. Here the pendanthangs below the nose until theirlips. It is worn by the old peopleand the women of the remote area. This day we don’t see theyoung women wearing it. But still, the old people and the women of Tamang and the especially Mongolian group still wear it. In some ethnic group, the bulaki is placed in their mouth after the death of the people. It is also believed that if we do so the dead
body soul will get into salvation.
लाउरे फुली (Laure Fuli)
Fuli is a nose wear popular among commuties like Rai, Tamang, Chhetri and Brahmin except for Newar community. There is tradition of piecering nose of young girls
toput on the phuli. It is composed of either gold or small dot of diamond.
ढुङ्ग्री (Dhungri)
The ornament of gold which is worn in the center of the ear is called dhungri. They usually made up of gold. They are medium size around two cm in diameter and held in place by a long tube and fastened in the back. The design of dhungri is usually starred with an uneven number of point
varying from seven to eleven or flower. it is also decorated with the different flower and different precious stone on it. Well, we find the different shape of the dhungri but these days people have reduced wearing it. But we still find these ornament in the village side women wearing it. Thus it is considered as one of the most traditional ornaments worn by the Nepalese people and are found in various shape and size. The ornament dhungri are very outdated these days are not much in use. These days only the old women of very remote area wear this ornament on the daily basis.
मारुली (Maruli)
फट्टी माला (Fatti mala)
चोली (Choli)
Upper part of a women’s dress, bodice
पछ्यौरी (Pachheuri)
Converter, mantle,
head-kerchief used by women
साडी (Sadi)
नाम्लो (Namlo)
Long cloth draped round the body,
worn as the main garments by Hindu women
Band (made from jute thread)
used to placed round one’s forehead
when carrying load on back
डोको (Doko)
Wiker basket
