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A Summary OfThe Accidental Tourist Essay

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I chose the topic clothing from the book “The Accidental Tourist” where the writer tells us about the clothing of the protagonist and his wife. The protagonist of the story wears a Summer suit which he prefers for traveling and his wife wore a summer dress. India is a very traditional and culture rich country, and it lies in the Asian continent. It is the seventh largest country by area and is the largest country in South Asia. According to the census of India, “The population of India is around 1.3 billion making it the second most populated country in the world. There are around 4,200 religions in India with 9 major religions like Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism and jainisim”(Religion). India has a variety of clothing with a major influence of religion. Clothing is considered as one of the most important aspect for displaying the traditional and cultural values in India which is not the same in USA as they have no traditional clothing. India has a variety of clothing. Where people dress according to their cultural traditions, religion and climatic conditions. Each state of India has different type of clothing which is not true in the case of America. There are around 30 different types of clothing in India with different clothing for each state. According to Lisaa School of Design, “The different types of clothing are:- sari, Mundur neriyatham, mekhela sador, salwar kameez, churidar, anarkali suit, Lehanga choli, dhoti, lungi, Sherwani, bandhgala, pagri(turban) etc”(Traditional Dresses and Fashion Culture across different Indian States). Whereas, in America there is no traditional clothing but a variety of regional clothing influenced majorly by the climatic conditions. The clothing in the United States is has evolved from the British. Americans wear Casuals like t-shirt, jeans and casual shirts for going to non formal places and wear formal clothes like shirts, pants and suits for formal places. The suits that men wore were different in the old times where they were only knee level pants and long socks. According to Levi Strauss, “Denim jeans were invented in USA by Levi Strauss in 1871 which is a very renowned brand now”(The history of denim). The reason for the discovery of jeans was

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