One of the most popular and commonly used garment in Southern India is 'Lungi'. It cuts across all economic and caste barriers and is used by one and all, be it a hindu or a muslim, a daily wage labourer or the owner of sarvana bhavan himself. There must be some concrete logic or reason behind the ubiquitous popularity of such a simple piece of cloth. If you haven't pondered over it, let me tell you lungi has numerous advantages over any other garment in the world and its utility can be compared to none. I would like to list out a few of them here:
Uses or Utilities:
1) First of all its primary use, which is to cover the lower half of the body as all of us know.
2) It can be used as a towel. All you need to do is to pull it upto your face and it turns into a towel.
3) In the night, it can be used as a bed sheet. Just remove it and spread it on your bed and enjoy a sound sleep.
4) No need to carry a handkerchief if you are wearing a lungi.
Advantages:
1) It can serve the purpose of both, full pants and the shorts and can be converted from one form to another within seconds. Just fold it up and it is ready to be used as shorts.
2) In Chennai quite a few people complain of allergies and infections due to excessive sweating. Lungi makes sure that you get all the air thats available outside. If we define a ratio or efficiency parameter,
h= air received/air available
Lungi tends to maximize this efficiency.
3) While pissing , you don't need to unzip or unbutton anything.Its too cumbersome. All you need to do is to fold it up and start.
4) Once you wash it, the drying time of lungi is about ten times less than a normal pair of jeans. Therefore its ready for use most of the time.
I am sure there must be some important points which i have missed out on. So if you have any more uses of lungi in your mind, feel free to write in the comments. I'll include them later. :)
Note: This blog is based on my experiences in Chennai.
3) While pissing , you don't need to unzip or unbutton anything.Its too cumbersome. All you need to do is to fold it up and start.
4) Once you wash it, the drying time of lungi is about ten times less than a normal pair of jeans. Therefore its ready for use most of the time.
I am sure there must be some important points which i have missed out on. So if you have any more uses of lungi in your mind, feel free to write in the comments. I'll include them later. :)
Note: This blog is based on my experiences in Chennai.
14 comments:
How on earth did you forget your Haridwar Digambars ??! You may call it the Uttarakhand's IPL team name if you wish ! The efficiency is nearly maximised. Obviously, being nude beats it :P . Also, lungi may be on equal terms with boxer shorts.
Disadvantages of a lungi:
1) Unless worn properly, you'll be a walking pornstar.
2) Worst case, consider the huge tent it will make in some circumstances !! :P
abe haridwar mein koi digmabar nahi hai..kuch pata hai nahi..bas aise hi comment maar dete hain log..
truly (f)art...saala....
Yaar you didnt comment on why most of the lungis are white in colour?
You are our lungi master.Please throw some light on this issue
By the way, I forgot to add. Whether you like it or not, you write only crap !!
the name of the blog only involves crap..how do u expect to find something other than crap here!! :P
posting on the quintessential south indian lungi aa? :) full of crap, I must say .. but fun to look at your 'attempts' at being funny :D
btw, mugging for CAT ? I see words longer than 5 letters in this blog. How this magical transformation?
also, you can talk about the advantages of wearing a lungi when you're about to 'get lucky' with a female(or male, if you'd prefer it) :)
take it off and start off in a split second.. compare it within removing your jeans etc etc
hey lungi master. you didnt write any disadvantages of lungi. or if you are so much impressed by this traditional south indian wear then may be you should start wearing it.your CAT preparation can be done with maximum efficiency(as you say).
Some more insights :
1) Tams like to reproduce. Fast. Lungi helps.
2) Tams are peaceful people - most lungis are white so that in case of an attack, they can signal their intentions soon.
3) Tams don't like to work. It gets too hot in the afty so they need to eat sambar rice at noon and sleep for a few hours. A white lungi gets dirtied quicker so it will look like they've slogged their asses off (don't take that too literally).
4) Tams get turned on by other tams around. A Lungi hides that fact. A pant won't.
5) A Lungi is supremely multipurpose. It can carry kilograms of things in its several folds - including coconuts, sickles, lunch packets, etc.
6) A Lungi allows you to stretch. Like a gymnast. Try doing that in jeans. Not a pleasant sight, though, I must admit.
That's enough for now.
A Half-Tam.
@Ya, I Am A Dastard
pseud ideas man!!i thought of ur 4th point and vikas' idea but refrained from including them. btw who r u?
dude dont underestimate baba suits!!
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