Draft:Abochani

Abochani, Abochhini or Bochini are Sindhi embroidered wedding shawls for brides from Sindh  from early to mid 19th and 20th century,    the beautiful big wide shawls embroidered with glossy silk threads and mirrors. Many Sindhi Sammat tribes like Khaskheli and Memons make "Butti" flower motifs on Abochhinis. The Soomra tribe wedding shawls have scattered buds of "Akk" plant (Calotropis procera) embroidered in typical Phulri (Herringbone) stitch, various other motifs like Bayri (Ziziphus jujuba), Kanwal (Lotus), stitches and colors of luminous silk threads are used on it, these shawls were given to brides as part of dowry.