Description
Pashtoon (Pashtun) dress refers to the traditional clothing of the Pashtun people of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The core elements are remarkably consistent across regions, but colours, embroidery, and accessories vary by tribe, climate, and occasion.
Women’s clothing is colourful, heavily embroidered, and symbolically rich.
- Kamiz — a long‑sleeved, full‑skirted dress, often in silk, velvet, or bright cottons depending on season.
- Partug — contrasting loose trousers, often mid‑green.
- Waskat — embroidered waistcoat for festive wear.
- Head covering — shal or chador.
- Signature embellishments:
- Beaded shoulder panels and bodice seams.
- Roundels (gul‑i pirahan) — felt discs embroidered with symbols of good luck, prosperity, and fertility.
- Kochi/Kuchi style — three‑layered, highly colourful, heavily embroidered dresses originally for nomadic Pashtun women; now widely associated with Pashtun identity
