[Steppes] Bare tummies and religion

[Gerita]

> (Guess that teaser subject title got *this* posting picked... Heh, heh!)
>
> Just a note of trivia for other trivia-o-philes...
> I spoke with a Pakistani woman yesterday. She told me that only Hindu
women
> actually bare their tummies with sari croptops (Gerita? Toryn? the real
> name, please?)

It's a "Choli"

 . Muslim women have longer tops, which hide the tummmy, so
> she said. She is Muslim and would never wear a bared tummy type sari.
>
> She also said that in the Richardson area there are lots of sari shops off
> 75. Sari tops are very form-fitting, and that there are seamstresses who
> will, for about $20, make one to fit the woman's body exactly. (There are
no
> patterns available, so you can't make one for yourself as well as they.)

Ya wanna bet?  Toryn did one for herself with just a little guidance.  Not
hard.
>
> <grinning>
> Sooooo, if you see a bared tummy, offer her vegetarian meals just to be on
> the safe side....and if you are in the sunscreen making business, label
any
> "Sunscreen For Tummies" in the Hindu language.
> <more grins>

Sunscreen will make this event Much more fun!!

gerita

>
> Lete
> "'Curiouser, and curiouser,' said [Lewis Carroll's] Alice ."
>
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