Baloch Girl Outside

2011-03-24T08:14:00.001-07:00

Wise words - Balochi song "Liko"

2010-12-07T05:50:00.000-08:00

Gosh kanet brasan man shomara pante dayaan

Man shomara panti dayaan sarhala kanan

Kebleye pessani badal nakoh nabit

Makayeen masaani badal matoa nabit

Jann ke chemakeen resaage banaka nabit

Mard lagormaseenen resage sardara nabit

Changbaroten brasane badal brazahka nabit

Doorneshare bach teh dele darmana nabit

Pa janne vaslata vaserzahki braasi nabit

Nie mena nakoe, va nie mena brase layeki

Del baghayen ode bota marochen naomet

Nakoi darin yaghient meni pada nayet

Haak be ti chamano por be ti sardaria

Shamano pad maso goharano saat pa khoaria

Del mabandet pa nakoa va trohe possagaan

Ke teh washen rochah tra warant cho narmeenen tarokka

Sakken rochah jihaant pra zardeenen garokka

Ore nadan toh sheda hanno saar gereh

Meni salamo peghama pardeseen masa sar kane

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Enjoy! If anyone have the time and energy to translate, plz share!

The Process

2009-12-25T02:32:00.000-08:00

The process of creating balochi clothes is kind of complicated and requires patience, money and time. There are two ways, you can either buy a finished zee-astonk and fabric, or the hard way: let someone embroid the zee-astonk the design and color that u pick out, and buy fabric for it. Here are the different steps! :)

The easiest way: Just go to the bazaar and pick out a zee-astonk you like, as you can notice, there is obviously no lack of zee-astonks!

The "hard" way: You have to choose a unembroided zee-astonk, the pic below shows "printed zee-astonks", without threads or anything, just printed designs.

2. You need threads to embroid the "painted zee-astonk", and its all up to u what colors u want for ur zee-astonk....

3. And of course you'll need mirrors! There are differents mirrors so just pick out some hundreds and the only thing u need now is a lady who can embroid ur zee-astonk! :P

Kaloot

2009-10-27T04:11:00.000-07:00

You do bad deeds and hope to get back good

Though bad deserves bad only in return.

God is merciful and kind, but even so,

If you plant barley, wheat won't grow.

- Rumi

Back with some more!

2009-10-18T05:33:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! (those who are still with me! :) ) Apologize for the delay with updating the blog, my computer have been sent in for repair, it was in a very bad shape! Anyway, here is some eyecandy! Enjoy!

This dress is a unique pink panochi zeeastonk, special hand-made with unique colours of light and dark pink, and small mirrors. The fabric is a so called "g-por" with silk fabric underneath because the g-por is very transparent. Lately girls have started to avoid the covering fabric underneath the g-por, just to show more "skin" ! :D This dress is lovely and perfect for weddings or other majlis-gatherings, but it is also interesting to see how the zeeastonks are getting less and less embroided, compared to the other zeeastonks that don't have the "empty spaces". A kind of "less is more" attitude nowadays :)

Where are you?

2009-08-19T06:27:00.000-07:00

You ask of me;

"Where are you?

Where are You?"

How would I know?

- Rumi (1207-1273)

Thick Hair? Damn!

2009-07-10T13:20:00.001-07:00

Well, as you guys have noticed, I haven't posted anything since spring, and I must admit that it is due to several reasons that I don't sit infront of the computer anymore, lack of time and interest! But here is something I bumped into on flickr.com (uploaded by Surmaisham). I fell for the colorful differences on the veil, "dress" and pants! Actually the zeeastonk is a very cheap one, and not so detailed at all. Take a look at the hair AND the huuuge pants...damn!

I guess I have lost most of my blog-followers because I don't update frequently, but what to say......things change.

Survival.

2009-03-13T12:13:00.000-07:00

Food Food Food

2008-12-10T13:54:00.001-08:00

Empty stomach means hungry. Hungry means food. Food means IRAN-ZAHEDAN!

Here are some pictures of the food-moments that I experienced in Zahedan, Balochistan. Enjoy! :)

Girl holding head..

2008-12-10T13:47:00.001-08:00

I had posted these pics earlier but it didn't turn out good. I try again.

Anyway, The man above was a begger by the road Zahedan- Mirjaveh. He held his hands up to God, hoping someone would give him something for the day.

The pic below, was taken in Tomin, a little city next to the mountain Taftan. She looked tired, and the main reason why I took the picture was because I was fascinated by the garpe-tree above them. As I took the picture the girl held her head in her hands, making an impression of a girl tired of life......

Balochi Song sung by prisioner

2008-12-10T12:11:00.000-08:00

This song is a very special song. The singer is a young balochi prisioner in Zahedan, who sung this liko for a the last visitor, just before he was executed. This song was widely spread in Zahedan last year, and a lot of tears have been shed, for this song brings up emotionell feelings among balochs.

Zendani

http://rapidshare.com/files/172177435/zendani22.mp3.html

Happiness

2008-11-21T04:41:00.000-08:00

Chabahar summer 2005

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of.

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life

Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)

Balochi Music

2008-11-11T12:20:00.000-08:00

Sorry for not being able to update the blog, I'm for the moment struggeling with what is called "life", but hopefully everything will turn out fine....like it always does...

Anyway, I have a thing for balochi music. I don't always understand what they sing about, but it brings me back to my roots, to the person I really am and where I come from. The songs are often called "liko", where the singer sings expresses his worries or joy. My favorite liko can (hopefully) be downloaded by the following link.......it takes a while to download but plz let me know it there is any difficulties......

http://rapidshare.com/files/160585862/Balochi_LIKO_-_The_best.wma

This song is about "Dokhtare Zahedani" which means The Zahedani Daughter...

http://rapidshare.com/files/160585865/Dokhtare_Zahedani.mp3

Here is a song named " Way Kapot" which means "Oh Pigeon/dove"..

http://rapidshare.com/files/160585861/Way_kapoet.mp3

Plz Feel Free To Translate Or Comment The Songs....would appreciate it a lot! :)

New beginning..

2008-10-20T14:42:00.000-07:00

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Start A New Beginning. A Beginning Whitout Worries, Without Complaints. Just Enjoy Life, And Appreciate Each Day Of Your Life, cuz it won't last forever..today, and what you do now, is tomorrow just a little part of the your past...

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Old Wedding Dress

2008-10-17T11:28:00.000-07:00

This is an old wedding dress, my mom's actually. She had sew it herself (sew ur own wedding dress?!) and back then, the dress and the pants were of different garnment and HUGE! Mom always wanted to throw away this old dress, but I insisted that she would keep it as a memory. Mom gave away the pants ( haha!) to a relative, who resew it as a dress for her daughter. Here is the pic of my moms dress, and the pants (which are nowadays worn by this little girl, it has a handmade pariwali dotch)

Who does the hard work?

2008-10-09T13:20:00.000-07:00

This is the typically envoirment where afghani women are embroiding either pillow-covers or balochi dotchs/embroidments. The pic was taken in a small village hours away from Zahedan, where Afghanis are hired to work on the fields. The women earn extra money on embroiding, makin the income stronger, and makes them a little bit more independent.

Real Love - Eshgh

2008-09-30T11:22:00.001-07:00

This photo won a UNESCO-prize (date unknown?), the photo was taken by Iranian photographer and is entiteled Eshgh ( Love).

(Isn't it lovely?!)

Poster in Teheran

2008-09-30T11:03:00.001-07:00

Came across this poster on some site, don't remember which one, but here is another example how the guptan is used in fashion. What do u guys think!? Better than the upside-down guptan?

Eid Mubarak!

2008-09-30T10:58:00.001-07:00

Happy Eid, may God accept ur fasting and prayers!

Guptan - Upside - Down?

2008-09-29T06:45:00.001-07:00

Here's a pic I bumped into long time ago, from the site http://www.iranian.com/ , where an Iranian designer uploaded her pics. The first reaction I had was...'WTF!, this is a traditional balochi guptan!' The designer had obviously got rid of the upper part, and the sleeves are shortened. This dotch is a dotch that most ppl in z-dan has, it actually signifies balochi dresses in zahedan, and it's worn not as a "majlis" dotch, (something you would wear at a wedding), but more as a casual dotch.

I could actually wear this dress while going out, cuz it is very 'balochi' in some way. I would however prefer another dotch,cuz this one is not so detailed. It doesn't look 'ugly', but it looks weird for us who are not used to see the guptan like this! I tried to get a dress made like this, with a more detailed dotch on a red fabric, but didn't have the opportunity nor time! It is still unsewed in my closet in Z-dan!

However, this is the pic that generated and strenghted my will to create something to reach out to the people who are interested in balochi dresses.

I actually showed this pic to my relatives in z-dan, and they thought ppl in the west are as crazy as could get!

Balochi dress worn by the Queen?

2008-09-24T09:40:00.000-07:00

This is the (now getting kinda old) Iranian popstar, Googoosh standing next to the Iranian Queen, Farah. Now let's forget them and let's focus on the red "dress"(Coat?). I've heard a lot of different theories about this dress (coat) worn by the Queen. It was apparently embroided with a unique silk-thread. It is claimed that this "dress" was given to Queen Farah, from a balochi lady, as an act of friendship. This balochi lady had a high post during the Shah-era, and was a close friend to the Queen..... Anyone who knows anything more?

This pic was taken in Saad Abad (Teheran), Saad Abad was the Shahs Palace Complex, but was turned into a museum after the revolution 1979. Different buildings present different themes, this balochi dress was seen in the culture building. (..and yes that is my exciting finger pointing at the dress!)

Bus Station In Z-dan

2008-09-19T07:08:00.000-07:00

A make-over have been made on Z-dan and it's streets. Don't know if they have chosen a new chief, but the city has sure developed! With developed I don't mean that the ppl have "better lives", I rather mean the streets and the infrastructure. Bus stations are an example. Air conditioning, tv, phone and a door (!), that's kind of new! I have not tried to test them, but they look kinda futuristic!

Kash N Javak With Mirrors!

2008-09-17T14:55:00.002-07:00

A almost finished Kash and Javak embroidment,waiting to get the mirrors sewed on. One of the most detailed embroidment, with a price that seems to increase for each day! An important investment for most balochi women.

The Rich In Z-Dan N The Poor Outside

2008-09-17T14:55:00.001-07:00

SOOOOOOSK! (cockroach!)

2008-09-17T14:55:00.000-07:00

Sosk-invasion in Z-dan. No words for it, just watch the pics...and u'll understand!

( THANK GOD FOR AFKAN -the cockroach-killer number one!)

One of the latest?

2008-09-07T14:01:00.001-07:00

Price: 15-20$..............direcly from the local afghan..fresh..but not clean :P

Sheytaaani-clothes

2008-09-05T10:26:00.000-07:00

Let me present this ( if you ask me , ODD!) different dress. I did not design this one, a tailor showed me this dress, which was actually her latest collection! I have named this dress, the "sheytaani" dress, don't ask me why, but it's something with the sleeves and that the dotch is "not straight"! However, I would certainly not wear this dress...what about you guys?

Two Worlds....

2008-09-05T10:08:00.001-07:00

Now that I'm back to the rainy days and the grey clouds, I often receive flashbacks from the summer-trip. Especially when I visited the village outside Z-dan, which gave me a strong feeling of "just being, just existing", and that is a feeling I lack nowadays, sitting in front of the computer wasting my time! (Depression-syndrome?yepz..)

Remembering the night when we suddenly decided to make a fire in the huge pomegranate garden eating pomegranates...awww...

Sopori / Garbage-cleaners...

2008-09-03T10:07:00.000-07:00

Z-dan is kinda filthy. Not Dubai, or Malaysia, that's for sure. But thanks to these people the town is a little bit "cleaner"......

Took this pic when I was out for a ride, funny with one of the guys sitting backwards on the motorcycle with his wheelbarrow! It took me a sec to understand.... :P

Teheran Street Vs. Z-dan Street

2008-08-30T13:34:00.001-07:00

Lady in a jeep without a door (?) in Teheran Vs. Balochi guy on a motorcycle...which one wins the street race?:P

More...

2008-08-15T23:49:00.000-07:00

Tomin and Mirjaveh

Finally!!!!

2008-08-15T23:32:00.000-07:00

Finally I can share some photos with u guys...mostly from the little city of Tomin near the moutain Taftan...enjoy

Wedding and Murder

2008-07-15T10:54:00.000-07:00

Got the chance to go to the cafe net tonight, cant upload pics! two days ago I was at the first wedding so far, lots of fun, watched the beautiful balochi girls dance and having fun! Damn, some had gold from their head to their toes, interesting! But after the wedding we heard that there had been some shooting in the street nearby, and when we passed that street at 11pm we saw that something awful had happened, lots of ppl ran around and we heard ladies cry out loud in their hayats, and old and young men crying in the streets, the rumour said that a highly respected man had been murdered, and so had 4 others, including his brother. This man was obviously the leader of a clan, cant remember the name of the clan, but now the fire had just been set up, that clan swore that they will take revenge and kill those who killed their leader, "taking their blood" as they say.....and Im in the middle of this war...damn. i hope everything will turn out good....i mean i can feel the pain of the family of the murdered ones, but revenge will not make it better.......its like a bad circle...!!
I've visited the city of tomin last week, cutest city ever...visited a long lost relative and ate a lot of angooor, shatoot, and anar....haha, cant name them in english for the moment >P I also visitied mirjaveh, but it was sooo hot there that i could say i had a lot of fun....will update when i have time.....

HOT HOT HOT

2008-07-08T01:08:00.000-07:00

Now I'm in Z-dan. Let me tell u guys, its hot like hell! Sitting in the cafe net, with my chador and sweeting like a pig in a sauna! Been in the bazaar every day, exciting every time I see the crowd of people looking at zee=astonk and garnment. Took a lot of pics, but cant upload them now, afraid the pics will be saved in these strange computers! I have spent a lot of cash on balochi clothes~~ loovely clothes, i think u guys will love them! Now i must get ready, gonna eat lunch at a good resturant today, that does not happen very often, since we are invited everyday!

Hello Z-dan

2008-06-04T14:52:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow I'll be heading off to Z-dan, will update the blog when I have the chance!

Kash and Javak

2008-05-13T12:52:00.000-07:00

This dress was bought last year, the design as you see is not something you see everyday. I think this design was very new, and only some tailors in Z-dan sew this model. However I would not wear this dress, (it's not mine!), but I like the way the tailors play with their fantasies, in order to reach more costumers.

The dotch is however a Kash and Javak, and is a classic dotch, I feel a connection with this dotch, because all my aunts and the eldery have a least one Kash and Javak. It is the dotch that is most wanted, most expensive, the most complicated to embroid, the oldest but still the dotch that is always "modern".

I remember how my aunts and grandma used to explain the difficulties with embroiding a Kash and Javak, often eye-irritations as a consequence. And I also remember how outside I felt, whenever I visit my cousins. All of my cousins, age 10 up, were embroiding their dotchs, and I could only watch and be fascinated.

I think it is important to know the HARD WORK that is required when embroiding most dotchs, and we who buy/wear them don't think about the work and effort behind it. It's not "just embroiding", it is spreading and keeping a culture alive. Thumbs up for u guys!

Now I know that most people who embroid dotchs, do not do it because they want to "spread and keep the culture alive", they embroid because that's their only way to earn money. The balochi ladies are mostly at home, and not working at offices, so embroiding dotchs is their job, their way to make a living and is a big help, especially for those whose husbands are jobless, or drugaddicts. Therefore the competition between the different dotch-embroiders is very high, so one has to come up with different ideas so that their dotchs are the most unique.

Love On Daneshgah Street in Z-dan

2008-05-09T13:52:00.000-07:00

I often wonder how it would be if life was not how it is today. How would my life be growing up in Z-dan amongst relatives and balochis, instead of being the only black-haired girl on the bus?

Would I have the ability to do the simpliest things I can do today, like going out and taking a walk? Could I be a student, in Daneshgah Azad (Azad University)?

Mentioning the Daneshgah Azad, gives me flashbacks from those summers in Z-dan, when I used to take long walks on the Daneshgah street in Z-dan. That street was quiet famous because it had more than 5-6 internet-cafés and was the place to hang out for the students in Z-dan.

Whenever walking on that street, especially Thursday nights, was a moment to enjoy. I felt as if I was part of a Naguib Mahfouz-book, don't ask me why! (Cairo and Z-dan has nothing in common, but I got that feeling anyway:P )

The girls, wearing heavy make-up, and tight dresses/mantos, were walking on the street with a self-confidence one could kill for.

(I was wearing balochi clothes, black chador and some comfortable slippers, the only "make-up" I was wearing was some moisturizing skin cream I rubbed on my face just before leaving the house!)

The guys on the other hand, had 3 kilos hair-gel rubbed on their hair, and with worn-out jeans and tight t-shirts they would check out every girl passing by, and often being so brave/rude that they would follow the girls and change numbers after a short conversation.

I thought this was amazing, the way everything was so crystal-clear;

guy sees girl, guy like girl, guy gets girl

The funny thing was that I never saw balochi girls on that street, but a lot of balochi guys....and I sure checked them out! :D

Always Cheers Me Up

2008-05-07T11:03:00.000-07:00

This video is very dangerous, it might cause dancing fever, and the body will react with moves that you can't really control...

Anyone knows how I can separate the song from the video clip?

PinkyPink

2008-05-05T12:32:00.000-07:00

This dress is not a complete dress yet. With that I mean, the embroidment is finished, but not the dress as a whole, the dress is in "pieces", sleeves apart etc.

It was ready the day before my flight from Z-dan, so I just picked it up from the tailor and put it directly in my bag.

The tailor, who has embroided this dress, works in a store called "mecka"-store, on Khayyam street, in Zahedan. He actually finished the dress in less than three weeks, an emergency-situation. The fabric was bought in Chabahar, and I think it matches with the embroidment quiet well. Chabahar is heaven for good fabrics, the fabrics there are not so "heavy" as the ones in Zahedan....got the word "heavy" from Ck who mentioned it in a comment!:)

This embroidment costs $30, cheap cheap cheap!:) I'm planning to give some plain tunics to the tailor, and get them embroided too, so I can wear them outside Z-dan...

I have just booked my ticket, in about 30 days I will be in Zahedan, with a chador and complete hijab :) Will upload pics from there too, so don't worry! Can't wait to show u guys the town, the ppl and everything that I found interesting....

Just have to find a good digital-camera, and it got to cost less that $200, anyone who wants to give away a camera for charity?:D

Life Goes On...

2008-04-30T06:37:00.001-07:00

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

2008-04-30T06:00:00.000-07:00

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?!

2008-04-26T13:40:00.000-07:00

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?

2008-04-25T02:12:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-04-22T13:22:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-20T15:05:00.000-07:00

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?

2008-04-20T12:46:00.000-07:00

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....

2008-04-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

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.

2008-04-15T09:40:00.000-07:00

Someone wrote this as a comment, love it.

One Who Abandons Her Culture Is A Slave

Pink Mirrors

2008-04-14T01:48:00.001-07:00

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

2008-04-14T01:27:00.000-07:00

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?

2008-04-10T15:51:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-09T03:40:00.000-07:00

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?

2008-04-08T13:24:00.000-07:00

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

Z-dan

2008-04-05T09:43:00.000-07:00

Party Dress?

2008-04-05T09:26:00.000-07:00

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 ?

2008-04-03T02:00:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-01T14:58:00.000-07:00

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.