ABOUT

This item of clothing  is called a Kurta. I bought this Kurta to wear at a Hindu wedding in Guyana. This object is meaningful to me because it is part of my partner’s West Indian/ Guyanese culture. I have not worn this object since the wedding, but I can wear it when my partner’s side of the family has a religious function called a Jhandi (also called a Puja). My kurta serves as a reminder to an incredible experience I had. It was my first time going to a country in South America, and the first-time meeting many of my partner’s family members.  It is also a representation of a culture that I have melded into my own.

—Christopher Sorrentini

ORIGIN
Guyana

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COLLECTION OF
Christopher Sorrentini

Chutney/Soca music combines elements of both Indian and Caribbean sounds