http://www.arzoomag.com/blog/practical-saris/ Preserving 'Desi' Culture - ArzooMag.com Fri, 18 May 2012 23:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.arzoomag.com/blog/practical-saris/#comment-2059 admin Fri, 08 May 2009 15:38:52 +0000 http://www.arzoomag.com/?p=2303#comment-2059 Thanks for your comment. It's good to know that there are still people out there who respect the Sari. Thanks for your comment. It’s good to know that there are still people out there who respect the Sari.

]]> http://www.arzoomag.com/blog/practical-saris/#comment-2033 ms ratty Thu, 07 May 2009 22:39:34 +0000 http://www.arzoomag.com/?p=2303#comment-2033 I find that Sari's are very practical. India is about 8 degrees latitude Nagercoil, India, to something in the 31 degrees in Amritsar, India, Key West, Florida is about 24 Degrees. Phoenix, Arizona is about 33 degrees. Florida has high humidity, and Arizona, in the summer has the monsoon. Our monsoon season starts when our dew point is 55 or greater for 3 days. Our wind shifts to the southeastern, it rains and we have thunderstorms, only the rain seldom hits the ground. Instead it evaporates in the upper air. We can and do have lightning strikes but no water. The Monsoon does not affect all of Arizona. I am not a weather export, I know that when summer comes I put on my sari's. When it is 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) and it is humid, sari's are perfect. I am protected from the sun, with shade, when the hot wind blows the folds of my sari will flutter drawing cooling air about me. The cotton cloth seems to wick the moisture of perspiration and my sari turns into an evaporative cooler. When I go into air-conditioning from the heat I can wrap the pallu about me to keep me from being chilled. What more can a woman ask for, shade from the sun, cooling from the heat, protection from sudden chill, femininity, beauty, style, grace, as well as if you happen to be a little over weight you cannot tell. I find that Sari’s are very practical. India is about 8 degrees latitude Nagercoil, India, to something in the 31 degrees in Amritsar, India, Key West, Florida is about 24 Degrees. Phoenix, Arizona is about 33 degrees. Florida has high humidity, and Arizona, in the summer has the monsoon. Our monsoon season starts when our dew point is 55 or greater for 3 days. Our wind shifts to the southeastern, it rains and we have thunderstorms, only the rain seldom hits the ground. Instead it evaporates in the upper air. We can and do have lightning strikes but no water. The Monsoon does not affect all of Arizona. I am not a weather export, I know that when summer comes I put on my sari’s. When it is 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) and it is humid, sari’s are perfect. I am protected from the sun, with shade, when the hot wind blows the folds of my sari will flutter drawing cooling air about me. The cotton cloth seems to wick the moisture of perspiration and my sari turns into an evaporative cooler. When I go into air-conditioning from the heat I can wrap the pallu about me to keep me from being chilled. What more can a woman ask for, shade from the sun, cooling from the heat, protection from sudden chill, femininity, beauty, style, grace, as well as if you happen to be a little over weight you cannot tell.

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