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Likewise, Sikh women should not drape themselves in sarees which were Hindu, but in salwar-kameez (baggy trousers and long shirts) which are Punjabi, nor wear bindis on their foreheads.
Then there are the smaller stalls selling everything from bindis to hairpins and costume jewellery of the type more often seen in Bollywood movies.
Apart from the gold, Indian women have been accentuating their fashions with bindis (red dots worn on the forehead) and mehendi (designs made by applying henna to the palms of the hands and other parts of the body).
When my mother came to America, she eventually discarded saris, toe rings and bindis , symbolically liberating herself from the traditional roles expected of an Indian woman - and, truth be told, sidestepping the stares.
Hindu women and men cannot put bindis , tilaks and other forehead markings in schools and other places due to recent legislation passed in the French Parliament.
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