Bangles!

Bangles are a symbol of femininity and delicacy. In Pakistan, bangles with elegant designs are worn on all special occasions and functions. Bangles make the wrists of women appear graceful and give an extra beauty element to their overall look. Noise of bangles makes the hearts of men sway with love. Matching bangles with dresses also make the outfit look beautiful. (http://www.786gifts.com/786/Bangles-Pakistan.asp) tem o preço bem salgadinho...

Quem não ama as pulseiras super coloridas do Paquistão e da Índia? Aqui no Brasil somos modestas e usamos uma, duas, três assim no máximo e em um braço só.. mas lá, elas usam cerca de 20 em cada braço!!!

As mais famosas e melhores são as de vidro, são leves, mas se não cuidar quebram fácil... confesso que aprendi a colocar-las esses dias, quando tinha me cortado e fui falar com a Maria, e ela me disse: - Antaaaa, você acha que as Paks tem o pulso tão fino assim? Que nada, elas usam hidratante para ajudar a passar.. hehehe

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Tanto que para comprar é difícil achar tamanhos maiores, justamente para que não fiquem tão largas no pulso. Claro que as paks colocam pela manhã, fazem todo o serviço de casa,.. dere dere tudo com as pulseiradas... e só tiram de noite, como na caixa veem umas 23, é normal quebrá-las no trasnsporte e nesse tira e põe...

As pulseiras sempre completam o figurino e combinam com o tom da roupa e sapato! super piruaa chique! Tenho certeza que agora com a novela Caminhos da Índia essa moda vai pegar, ou ao menos vamos pode usá-las sem ser tachadas de "anormais". Para não ficar muito "chegueii " uso somente umas 7 em um pulso só, mas vai do gosto e traje de cada uma.

Existem outros tipos de pulseiras, mas as de vidro são as mais encontradas nos mercados, os preços variam de 90 à 200 rupias (uns 5 reais) a caixa com 20 (mais ou menos).

As pulseiras são tão famosas, que teem até um vídeo no Youtube


The darker side of glittering bangles

LAHORE, 29 September 2008 (IRIN) - Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim month of fasting, provides an annual boost for the glass bangles’ industry, but behind the glittering bangles lies another story - one of child labour, poverty, deprivation and hardship. Nine-year-old Muhammad Rizwan, who is employed at a workshop in a congested alley in Lahore, polishes, sorts and packs piles of glass bangles. He is one of four small boys engaged at the workshop. Their hours of work increase as Eid approaches. "Usually we work eight or nine hours a day. At busy times like this we work for up to 16," said Rizwan, as his 11-year-old cousin, Muhammad Fayyaz, looked on. Both boys are from Sahiwal, 160km southwest of Lahore, and were brought to the workshop by a relative. They each earn around 1,000 rupees (about US$13) a month. "Our parents are very poor. We have to work, though I would like to go to school," said Fayyaz. "If the workshop owner is happy with our work he may give us some extra money and then our parents will be happy. Maybe they will buy us new shoes for Eid," he said. Pakistan’s huge glass bangle industry is centred on the city of Hyderabad, Sindh Province, and most production is for the domestic market. Dawn newspaper in May 2007 estimated that some 7,000 boys and 3,000 girls worked in the industry nationwide. The International Labour Organization (ILO) reckons 30,000 families are supported by the industry.

An Occupational Health and Safety study in the glass bangles’ industry commissioned by the ILO for the government's Centre for Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment found children worked an average of nearly 12 hours a day. The study highlighted the risks of working in proximity to the furnaces used in the moulding and joining processes, and also from toxic chemicals during coating and painting. Children would sit hunched for hours over hot stoves while shaping the trinkets, putting their health at risk, it said. "I no longer wear bangles because I have seen the terrible conditions these children work in," said Raheela Abbas, 22, a student who visited Hyderabad several years ago for a sociology research project. NGO calls for action The glass bangle industry is just one sector of the economy exploiting child labour: Some 3.3 million children aged 5-14, according to the Pakistan government's Federal Bureau of Statistics, are engaged in full-time work. Non-governmental organisations such as the Islamabad-based SPARC (Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child) reckon 8-10 million children are thus employed. "The childhood of these children is taken away from them. SPARC believes that child labour must be eliminated; it is not enough to educate children within the workplace," Fazila Gulrez, SPARC’s national manager for promotions, told IRIN.