Costumes and Languages of Jodhpur
While coming to the Jodhpur culture, there are a lot to tell about the unique and colourful culture of the people here. Whether it is the music, dance, food, costume, festivals or anything else, you can experience a royal touch that throws light to their glorious ancestry.
The women here like to wear jewelry on many parts of their body. They wear specific types of jewelry on feet, head, ear, nose, forehead, neck, arms, fingers, wrist and waist etc. The men in Jodhpur wear colourful turbans. ‘Jodhpurs’, which are the popular tight horse riding trousers, took their name from the city only.
Handicrafts of Jodhpur
The description of Jodhpur culture becomes completed only by explaining about various handicraft works done by the people here. The city is famous for embroidered leather shoes, antiques, tie & die textiles, clay figurines, marble inlay work, carpets, puppets and classic jewelries made of silver, glass and other metals.
Food culture of Jodhpur
If you want to experience the typical food culture of Jodhpur, roam in and around Sojati Gate, which is one of the few places still untained by outside world. You have to taste the ‘Pyaz ki Kachori’ and ‘Chaudri ke Mirchi Vade’ not to make your visit a waste. While everybody put a full stop to food with a sweet item, Jodhpuri people starts their food by eating anything sweet. Sounds interesting?
Sometimes, this may be the secret of the sugary tone of the citizen of the city. You can’t escape from the sweet hospitality of Jodhpur. Jodhpur is famous for many special types of sweets like ‘Mave Ki Kachori’, Besan Ki Chaaki’, ‘ Maakhan Vade’ etc.
In order to survive in water scarcity of the desert, Jodhpur people had to be innovative in the fine art of food preservation. Radis pods, cluster beans, large red peppers, mathi seeds, tamarind, raw mangoes for amchur, moony dal papads and Vadis are some of the preserved stuff included in the food here. They also use number of berries and roots found in the desert, which are healthy and herbal.
Festivals of Jodhpur
Jodhpur culture is also rich with several festivals. Beside the common festivals of India like Diwali, Holy and Navarathri, there are many unique festivals in Jodhpur. Kite festivals on January 14th, Marwar festival on October and Nagaur fair on January-Februvary months are the important ones among them. In Kite festival, the sky is filled with multi-colored kites of various patterns and dimensions.
Dance and Music Culture of Jodhpur
Men and women of Jodhpur love dance and music. Jodhpur people sing devotional as well as festive songs like the songs of saint potes such as Meera, Kabir and Maloodas. The simple instruments like the Baara and Algoza accompany these songs to give beat or a drone to offset the poems.