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Rabari Culture
Rabaris are interesting ethnic community among all ethnic communities living in Gujarat as well as Rajasthan. It is a shepherd community. Their hunger for sheep and goats always keep them interesting in all ethnic communities.Their customs and lifestyle are also one of the most interesting part of their culture. Rabaris have very rich culture.

Custom of wearing black attire
There is such an interesting myth about wearing black attire. Once upon a time, there was a Muslim king who fell in love with a Rabari girl. But his proposal was refused by her because of the community. Thus, the king started threatening to kill all of them. Many years ago, Jaiselmer which is the part of Rajasthan was the main centre for Rabaris. There was a one Muslim man who believed that this was wrong and decided to help the Rabaris. At midnight, Rabaris who were very terrified broke their camp with the help of Muslim man. When the king knew about the Muslim man, he was killed. SO from then it is told that Rabari women wore black attire to mourn his death. They wore this to show sorrow for Muslim man's death.It is said that the loyal nature of Muslim man makes easy interactions between the Hindu Rabaris and Muslims that are found in Rajasthan.

Dress Code
This is the another interesting facet of the Rabari Community. The black color is the main color in Rabari Community.There is no any written rule in Rabari community about their dress code. Married women dress code is different from unmarried women. Married woman wear blouse pleated at the breast. Unmarried women wear white ludi or shawl that is different from married women. Married women wear brown or black ludi. Women wear long earings especially Nagali earings. Unmarried girls wear pink,blue,red and green Ghagra that is called "Puthia". Rabari men wear white attire. They wear dhoti laced over the chest and tied with the white turban and long sleeves. On special occasions, they wear red turbans. They wear "Jhola" and "Murki" in their ears.Thus, their dress code can play a very important role in deciding the social status of the Rabari Community.

Rabari Embroidery
Embroidery plays a dominant role of Rabari community's culture. Rabari women are known as their finest embroidery bead work. They got inspiration to do this work from mythology and desert surrounding. It consists stitches like Interlacing stitch (bavaliyo), Broad chain stitch, Harringbone stitch, Mirror work, Button hole stitch, Square chain stitch. They are skilled embroider. They made skirt, blouse, ludi, children's cradle clothes as well as dowry bags and auspicious toran etc. Rabari women use glass mirrors in various shapes.They use square chain method of stich to give outline to their garments. Rabari women also use decorative back stitches that is known as a "Bakhiya" to give look to women's ghagra and men's kediya. They use very gaudy colors in their embroidery to make all forget about their hardship.The use of big size mirror and awesome choice for color make Rabari Embroidery very unique and known in all the countries. In present, they often use machine embroidery instead of hand embroidery. Rabari embroidery is found in modern days in high locality for fashion.