Life Goes On...

Moments like this, makes one realize how unneccessary most of the problems in life are.

Life is so much more than arguing, lying and stressing out. Enjoying life has been a far-away vision, everybody is busy with fighting and trying to "solve" own problems/issues. But why not accept the way things are, and just move on....God has plans for each one of us.

A smile, a hug, or even giving a nice comment can fulfill another persons day. Try it, you'll see.

Life is not always what you want it to be....but you can shape it into the better. It's all about the attitude of enjoying life.

Off subject: Avocado Plant

Me and my mom have been trying to make our own avocado plant,(love avocado!) but after 2-3 tries we decided to forget about it. Then after eating an avocado, I decided to give it a last try.

I took the avocado "stone" and put one toothpick on one side and another toothpick on the other, so the avocado "stone" was "hanging" in a pot, half of the "stone" was in water and the other half above the water.

After a couple of weeks the "stone" opened itself, and an avocado root was visible!! We then planted it in a pot with soil.......

Now after several week my avocado plant is growing like never before!

Green?!

This green dress has a special thread, one single thread consists of several colours, this one has silver-green-white. This was in fashion some year ago, and all the balochi girls wore this dress but they had a different form on the dress, the so called "kalosh", which means that the dress is short, and could be tightened through the sides. I did not like the kalosh-form, so I had mine without any special form, the good old. The price of this dotch is very low, about $45-55, and this fabric was very cheap too.

The thing is that the balochi ladies in my family don't recognize the cheap fabrics, they tend to buy the most latest and expensive fabric, and often consider the cheap ones "horrible". Since I don't live there, I have another view on clothes. I buy whatever it costs, with that I mean if I see a fabric I like, and it's cheap =PERFECT! If it's expensive, I won't buy it, no matter how fantastic it is.

I remember one time I had picked out a gorgeus dotch (full of mirrors,and I love mirrors!) which only costed $30, and a cheap matching fabric. I went to the lady-tailor, and told her to sew this one for me, and she actually refused, and said that she would not accept cheap clothes like this! I was shocked, and that was the last time I went to her. I would love to upload pics on that dress and let u guys see how nice it matched, but I forgot it in Z-dan, next year inshallah! :)

White dress?

I have never liked the idea of having a white fabric when it comes to balochi dotchs, maybe weddings, otherwise no. This dress is not plain white, it has "glitter" all over the fabric. Not very fond of big flowers, that's why I chosed this fabric with little detailed flowers . The dotch is very detailed, it is called a "gavak" in pieces, the color of the dotch is not so colorful, it's some kind of "milky-colour", but I like the design of the dotch on the chest, it is like a upside down pyramid :)

What do you guys think about this dress?

Beautiful Does Not Mean Expensive!

Here is a dress, made 2 yrs ago, but still very beautiful and still in fashion! The dotch is called "Kash va Javak", and with light and dark brown thread. I wore it on a wedding and it looked great, the dotch matches the fabric perfectly. It has the normal form, not tight or fitted. Not a party-dress, but good when you don't want to be in the center of attention :)
This dotch costed $70, and the fabric $30, so the whole set was cheap comparing to other dresses.

Murder on Balochi Women in Z-dan

Just read news from Z-dan, not so good I'm afraid.

Lately a lot of balochi girls (at least 10) have been kidnapped, raped and murdered in Z-dan. Their corps, placed in plastic bags, had been thrown in suborn Z-dan.
These news have been taken as a shock the Zahedani population, as very few crimes has been committed against Balochi women. The serialkiller, has been caught, and is kept hidden by some balochi clan in Z-dan. The Clan refuses to hand him over to the Police.

But according to some sources, the serialkiller said that he kidnapped the Balochi girls,and handed them over to the Police, where these girls were raped, and killed.

This is scary shiet. I bet every Balochi girl in Z-dan feels fear, because they have otherwise been kind of sacred. It is also sad, because the balochi families will decrease their daughters freedom to go out in the town, to the University etc.

Can We Wear Balochi Clothes Outside?

Since I don't live in a Balochi community, I have never DARED to wear my balochi clothes outside the home.

Sometimes I see brave pakis wear their Shalwar Kameez going to school, and I actually admire them for wearing their own clothes in a society where everybody has to wear the latest fashion.

So...I promised myself, that I have to design a Balochi dress, that I can wear outside, and actually look GOOD at the same time. And,I did. This is the result, with 3/4 arms, kind of like a tunic. It is perfect for the summer! (since I only wear hijabish clothes outside)

The color of the fabric matches the dotch/embroidment, and it has a lot of mirrors. Actually my sis embroided this dotch, she designed the dotch and she also SEW it! This dotch/embroidment is called "Zarafshan".

I've worn this dress several times in downtown,and received positive reactions, people LOVED it...wow...I was walking and at the same time spreading our culture.

Tell me Your opinion, can we balochis design more clothes that are showing our balochi culture, and at the same time appreciated by western?

I Want This....

This is a dotch that I have to buy this summer, this one is from Iranshahr, in Sistane Balochistan, Iran. I'm gonna have a dark fabric for this dotch/embroidment. This one costs $170-200. Here's pics from the guptan, zee and the slevees.

Couldn't have said it better.

Someone wrote this as a comment, love it.

One Who Abandons Her Culture Is A Slave

Pink Mirrors

This dress is another of my favorites, I love the arms, and the sleeves are a little bit "kalosh"(wider sleeves.) This was fashion 3 years ago, and the dotch is from Pakistan. I remember one wedding where at least 10 balochi girls were wearing this kind of dress but in all sorts of colours, green,black,red...u name it. I don't think this dotch has a name, because the dotch and the fabric are sold together, and you have to give it to a tailor for him/her to seperate and cut the dotch to the design you want.

Panochi vs G-por

This dress is kind of fancy, but I think it's a little bit tooooo "much". The dotch is called Panochi and the fabric is called G-por. I love the names they have, the fabric is very beautiful, it has another fabric under it because it will be transparent otherwise. I actually saw a couple of girls wearing this fabric but without the silkfabric under, so their arms were totally visable, and sure did they enjoy the attention! I'm tempted to remove this dotch and have it on a black fabric, but the G-por was so expensive, it would hurt to get the fabric ruined.......

1000 mirrors?

This one is my most expensive dotch, it contains around 1000 mirrors/adenk (I tried to count them, but got tired after 600!) Anyways, it cost $350-400....a lot, but it's lovely, the dotch is named KASH and JAVAK, with a darker red, and very detailed.

Lack of Time

When You live outside Z-dan, it's hard to get well prepared for weddings. You don't have the ability to get go to the bazaar and look at the latest embroided zee-astonk/ dotch.

In Z-dan, and other places, you have to be on TIME, planning is neccessary! Because if you want a new dotch, you will have to give it to some local afghani to get it embroided, and that takes......SEVERAL MONTHS! This dotch took around 4-5 months to get finito, and that's the whole set...the sleeves for the arm and feet, the lower part the "guptan", which can also have a pocket.....and the upper part, the "zee".

This one is my absolute favorite, even though the guptan is not "perfectly" straight....but just look at the colours used...very detailed. I think I paid $200 for this dotch, but worth it. But I'm actually thinking of putting this dotch on a black fabric...so that the colourful dotch can be more noticed and not "blended" with this colourful red fabric.......what do you guys think?

West vs Balochi?

I've been thinking of this new model.............look at the sleeves...

Z-dan

Party Dress?

The other day while me and my sis were dancing like crazy ( We are preparing ourselves for a BIG wedding this summer!) I realized that I didn't have a real "party dress" to wear. I also noticed that my sister, who is otherwise a good dancer, didn't look so good when she was wearing her big balochi dress. Then it came to me that I needed a dress that is a little bit tight...so that my dancing skills can be noticed while dancing.... ... The dress should be like.."WOW!" but still have the balochi dotch. The arms should be a little big "kalosh",the upper part should be tight, and the lower part a little bit wider.....This is what I kind of mean...this cute pink balochi dress. I can make it tighter, just look at the back detail......I think it is what I need at the henna-day.......what do you guys think?

Balochi vs Chinese ?

How can we change the balochi dress....still having its traditional shape..but with details taken from other cultures? Lately I've been thinking of how the balochi dress would look like if it had influences from the chinese dress? Very anxious to see how it would look...got to fix one when I visit Z-dan this summer...the problem is to find somebody who knows what I'm talking about...any ideas?

I mean, the dress can't be tooo tight...if it is..it must be "open" in the sides..like pakistani clothes. And the collar would look awsome..the arm should be the same...so the question is...what kind of dotch would fit to this design? It's difficult to find a dotch that can have that collar....so going to the tailor and make him do something nice....that's an alternative...

Revolution

This blogg is a revolution. A baloch girl sharing her thoughts and ideas with the rest of the world. My goal is simple, to reach out to all balochs in the world, both inside Balochistan and outside. I will bring up everything...from balochi clothes to politics....it depends what goes around in my head. I hope I will reach to that goal....if I don't...well...who cares...life is not always what you want it to be.