Lambadi and Koya tribal costumes and textiles of Andhra Pradesh: a source for embellishment of contemporary apparel and accessory items
| dc.contributor.advisor | Shahnaj Jahan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sindhu, Godi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-03T10:53:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-03T10:53:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The traditional costumes of any community or tribe can be affected by the development and change of time. Therefore, an attempt has been made to restore the information of traditional costumes and textiles of Lambadi and Koya tribes through documentation, before it gets completely diminished. So that one can gets detailed information regarding the traditional costumes and textiles used by the tribes of Andhra Pradesh. The contemporary apparel and accessories were also prepared based on the collected information. Total 159 respondents were selected by using purposive sampling from 2 villages namely pedda thanda of nuziveedu town and gudem of jangareddygudem town which are belonging to Krishna district and West Godavari districts respectively from the state of Andhra Pradesh. The structured interview schedule was prepared and the data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. The results revealed that sado (sari) and jacket (blouse), langa (skirt), kanchali (blouse) and tukri (dupatta), langa, kanchali and voni, langa and kanchali, phetia, kanchali and tukri were the traditional garments of Lambadi females, whereas, ankle length, calf length and knee length koka (sari) and ravika (blouse), lungi and ravika, koka without ravika were the traditional garments of Koya tribe. The male traditional garments of Lambadi tribe included lungi and jhagla, dhoti and jubba, pants and dovathi, whereas the traditional garments of Koya male included lungi and chokka (shirt), gochi (loin cloth), gochi and jubba, langa and chokka, pancha and kurta and dovathi. The traditional textiles of both the tribes were similar and included rumal/thundu (hand towel), duppati/jampkhana (bed sheet), raggu (blanket), bontha (quilt), madatha mancham fabric (folding bed), navvara, saaluva (shawl) and dindi (pillow). The contemporary apparel and accessories of Lambadi and Koya were also studied and the results revealed that the costumes of male included pant and shirt, jeans, T-shirt, shorts, kurta and dhoti etc whereas the female costume included chudidar, kurti, long skirt, half sari, middies, lehenga choli etc,. and it was noticed that the contemporary costumes of one tribe are similar with the other tribe. Total 32 motifs were collected from the apparel of Lambadi women, as no embellishment was found on Koya apparel. The collected motifs were divided into 4 categories namely embroidery, combination of embroidery and appliqué, designs for bead and mirror work, i.e, 8 motifs in each category. The collected motifs were modified through Corel Draw and evaluated. Three motifs in each category which got the highest weighted mean score were selected. The next evaluation was done to evaluate suitable embroidery stitch for the selected motif by giving the option of 3 stitches for each motif. The selected motifs were arranged on contemporary apparel for college going students, namely kurti, top, long skirt and palazzo and accessories namely stole and hand bag. The arrangement of motifs were made on each product in 4 different styles and evaluated on the basis of suitability, combination and placement of motif. The arrangement which got the highest weighted mean score was selected for each product. Thereafter products were stitched, hand embroidered with selected motifs, stitch and arrangement. Finally the prepared hand embroidery products were visually assessed on parameters such as combination of motifs in the arrangement, suitability and placement of motifs on the garment, suitability of embroidery stitches, fineness of embroidery, color combination and overall appearance by college going girls. All the prepared products were highly accepted and most of the respondents stated that they would certainly purchase these items if commercially available. It can be concluded that the documentation will be definitely useful for the fashion industry. The designs of tribal costume will also be useful for embellishing the other contemporary apparel and accessories, as the work done under the study has been appreciated by most of the consumers. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810063276 | |
| dc.keywords | tribes, costumes, textile industry, Andhra Pradesh | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 185 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand) | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | Tribes | en_US |
| dc.sub | Clothing and Textiles | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | Costumes | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | Lambadi and Koya tribal costumes and textiles of Andhra Pradesh: a source for embellishment of contemporary apparel and accessory items | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |