Can We Save South India’s Traditional Wear From Vanishing?

Gone are the days when we would find teenage girls walking on streets wearing half sarees. Half saree is the traditional outfit of South India. But for the past two decades the number is reducing year by year and it is almost reaching a stage where the traditional outfit will vanish completely. The North Indian traditional dress shalwar kameez over shadowed half sarees in south and girls of late prefer salwar kameez to half sarees as they find it more comfortable. But then pants are dominating shalwar kameez too in all metropolitan cities irrespective of North or South. The reason being the effect of western culture on Indian youth.

Still, I feel half saree has its own beauty and one should realize that and save our tradition. Therefore, here I present some of the beautiful pictures of South Indian Actresses in half sarees