Lucknow brides rethink a silver-footwear tradition
ラクナウの花嫁、銀の婚礼靴の伝統を見つめ直すトレンド・流行
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- Al Jazeera
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- 🇮🇳 India
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In Lucknow, India, traditional bridal footwear is becoming harder to afford. Silver nagras have long been part of family wedding customs, but rising silver prices are changing what brides can buy. Some reduce other wedding expenses to keep the tradition. Others choose different footwear, even when their mothers and grandmothers wore silver pairs.
The handmade shoes also support a small community of craftspeople. Several artisans told Al Jazeera that orders had fallen sharply, forcing them to consider other work. One former maker now works in a jewellery shop. Another hopes to open a café. Their worries concern both earning a living and passing specialised skills to their children.
For Naseem Jahan, a pair from her own wedding remains a treasured reminder of her mother. She still wears the slippers at family celebrations. Unable to afford a new pair for her granddaughter, she has decided to give her the old ones. The gift can keep one family’s tradition alive, although it brings no new orders to today’s makers.