Many readers have pointed out the need to keep the thaar 'not too tight'. That's right.
Infact, the degree of tightness required differs from the level and nature of activities you are engaged in. If you are to move around with brisk bodily movements (for household tasks), then 'too tight' will be inconvenient. On the otherhand, if you are leisurely at home, mostly sitting, then a 'fairly tight' thaar would be better. For travelling, moderate tightness is required. Too loose state would not help at all.
Let me also invite your attention to some of the comments that, tight thaar would darken the skin around the waist. This is not fully true.
Tying the paavaada tightly around the waist darkens the skin. But, a wider band (stiched so) paavaada, tied with moderate tightness would not pose this problem. When the thaar is worn, make sure that the waist line has a thicker edge, with a few wrinkled (folded) edge. This would evenout the pressure and the skin is not strained. This will certainly keep the darkening away.
Use of talcum powder (Deo type) would anyway be helpful, though not for darkening problem.
Now, again on the tightness issue : The knot technique automatically controls the tightness. You need to control the initial tightness (when worn). Rest is taken care by the double knot method. Please go to the earlier posts in this blog, where this is explained.
I hope I am clear to you.
1 comment:
You seem to do a lot of research onthis subject.Some day's back,I saw your site through a google search about a doctor's advice on onnara and told my wife about the benefits as she had some health problems, she with much dislike started using mundu recently and had lot of diificulty as it gets untied easily. I had suggested about putting a knot at the end so that the thing will not come out.But it was easily coming out. But ;ooking at the photos in your site, I find that she was putting a very small knot that too only at one end, From these photos I told her to put bigger knots at both ends. Now, she says, it never comes out and sits tight and she is feeling comfortable and self-confident. Without the photos, I can never understand this. Thanks for taking the courage to publish these photos. I hear there are different ways of wearing which are more comfortable. I read about this way of wearing in your columns,but not able to grasp. Can you publish how to wear mundu, Nambudiri way and Malabar style by photos. Example by photos can really help all.
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