Hahaha, my Indian husband wanted to wear a Lungi for our wedding in Turkey. There was a lot of back and forth and he finally agreed to wear a suit. 😃😃 Maybe we will have another proper Indian wedding in India where he can wear a Lungi and I can wear the traditional Indian wedding dress. Love your videos! Love from Turkey ❤️🙏
Very discount - good shopping. Lunghis and dhotis are so cool, in every sense. The black one makes you look suave and sophisticated Uncle. They will all soften with more washing.
The lungi is actually stitched to make it circular, then you wear it and when you tie it around your waist, it has to make an inverted V shape. This will allow enough room for your leg movement. I can't explain it in words!! BTW how come you haven't tried the veshti with velcro? It stays securely around your waist plus it has pockets too!!
Actually LUNGIES are prohibited in Temples, only VESTIES are allowded in. There are many different between a Lungi and a Vestie. Both are not the same✌️😀
Ben is officially now Mama Ben. :) Welcome to the world of simple Tamil people. I hadn't worn veshti until I was 30. Man, what I missed in my life. Now, for my remote meetings, I am on my veshti. Hello from NH!
I'm not so sure but I'm from UP and I loved to wear Lungi during my childhood. Now I live in Gujarat and unfortunately I don't wear lungi/dhoti anymore but yes Lungis are very very....say extremely comfortable to wear. You feel free. Only difficulty is that you can't ride a bike after wearing is. Rest thing, all great.
@@bjenks IKR. However Ramana ashram is not allotting rooms due to COVID restrictions. TC. Issued your live at the start. Have you mentioned why Tiruvannamalai out of all the places in India?! TC.
The white one which is still stiff.....will become the softest one after you have wear and washed it a few times. Cotton is that way... Trust me after few washes that will be the softest one. And the black one looks the most cool on you!
BUBBA 🤠😎🕉️🙏🏻🇮🇳💪🏻👋🏻 Keep going strong bhai. Vas por buen camino parcero. That's in Spanish for You're on a good path brotha'. I used to wear a dhoti to the temples in Colombia 🇨🇴, when I was out on Harinaam and as a Pujari. For those who don't know I used to be a Hare Krishna (Bhakti Yogi). When I was a Hare Krishna I was told by other prabhus that there were 108 ways to put on a dhoti. I only learned 3 but don't remember how to put them on any more and keep in mind I used to put them on 3 times a week for 4 years. 😱🤯 Great vlog on looking for a lungi, veshti or dhoti Benjamin 👍🏻🙏🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💪🏻💪🏻. Jai Hind 🕉️! Jai Bharat 🇮🇳! JAI BHOLE KI!
@@bjenks Always Benjamin. You seem to come off as a happy 😊 person and your content is really good 😎💪🏻🇮🇳🕉️👍🏻👍🏽👍🏿🙏🏻. REALLY hope 🤞🏻🤞🏽 you and others get to start traveling around India so you can bring us exciting new locales. I remember what you said about this whole storm being a gut punch for you because you haven't been able to do the travel vlogging you wanna do. I, like you Benjamin, am waiting for India to open the flood gates so we can go ahead and have good ole tailgate 🚜🛺 party 🥳🎉 minus the alcohol on my part. Gave up the darn stuff 8 years ago and haven't looked back. Have a good one bud. Always looking forward to your next vlog.
You can get a vesthi (waisty) with Velcro around the top that makes it s uper secure. Next thing to do is to watch some VJ music videos to see how to fold it up so you can dance and run. After a while you will grow to love the lungi for hanging out at home. Way cooler than sweats. All you need now is the white button down shirt to be a cool white tata. 😀
I was almost about to panic, thinking that you didn't realize that lungi and dhoti/veshti are two different things. I lived in Chennai for 6 years, and the first time I said "lungi" while talking about someone's veshti, the person got seriously offended, and sat me down to have a long conversation about all the differences in style, purpose, and cultural connotation. I hope you also try out the different styles. In Tamil Nadu, people usually wear a veshti by wrapping it around. But priests wear what is called a "panchakaccham" (pancha comes from the Sanskrit word for five, and the kaccham refers to the pleating). In other parts of India, like in eastern and northern India, the pleated form is the norm and nobody wears the simpler wrap-around style.
Panchakachcham means 5 knots or 5 places its secured not 5 pleats. 2 places on the waist on the sides/front, 1 at the back at close to bottom of spine, 2 at the front just below the navel so folded that the bottom border rises vertically both at front and back.
You can buy in Ramraj Cotton shops Velcro veshti and stitched lungis. Then you don't need to worry about tying them properly. Veshtis are to be worn when attending marriage functions, going to temples etc. They are more like pants Lungis are casual wear and to be worn in house, they are more like shorts and night dresses
You look amazing in Veshti and lungi. Nailed the pakka Tamil looks! 👍👍 This is a good costume! I try to wear it sometimes even in USA, when I go outside to work in the garden or put my trash cans outside . But my wife will be like"don't go outside like this! What will the white guys think about you? " 😂😂 Lungi or Kai-lee should be stitched to make a cylindrical cloth costume. Only வேஷ்டி /veshti is worn without stitching the sides and it is formal wear. 🙏
In lungi, you have to get your legs inside it and start to fold it, veshti, as you did, but we use red colour thread, which all men wear around their hip(seperates upper and lower body)called araignyaan Kayir. , we use it to hold veshti or lungi more stronger.
The colored veshtis are usually worn by pilgrims. Thats because ochre and red are auspicious colours white is for ascetics, Normal veshtis are only white and used for formal wear or temple visits.
Wear a solid color dhoti when going to temple. The ones with the colorful design are more casual in Kerala we call it Kayili, For the solid colored one like the white we call it Mund. Sabarimala temple devotees wear black, while the white and saffron for temple and for formal occasions white only.
White veshti is formal wear for festivals, Weddings, gatherings and family functions. Color veshti for temple visits or nearby outings. Lungi for relaxing at home and shopping groceries nearby. Stich the two corners of lungi and wear it.. the shop owners might guide you for stiching it and how to use. Enjoy man 😉
Dude Where R u In South India . I am a new subscriber but after watching ur videos i mean u r the only Foreign youtuber by far understood Atleast Half of India Thanks For Making an effort and showing the nice side of India to the World
You forgot to fold the veshti and wear it like shorts. There are multiple mods in wearing it. Remember Veshiti is formal wear and lungi is casual wear, they are not same. You can’t wear a lungi and go to temple or attend a marriage function.
travel to Northeast India (like west Bengal, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland) and discover it's my humble request. there is so much diversity in this country, I see you all video.
As far as veshti is concerned, you have to pay attention to the color. Not every colour is meant to be worn at all times. E.g. white - general purpose Black - those on pilgrimage to Sabrimalai
Happy to see u wearing lungi and veshti which we commonly wore.... The one lungi and white veshti which u think hard will become soft after few more usage and washing don't worry it will become softer quickly....and when u wear that the rolling of that extra should come outside not inside....🙂 One more suggestions.. - as u said u are going to wear this in local functions and temples..... Veshti is the mostly used for that places ....lungis are mostly used inside home and any nearby places not for functions like that. And also mostly people are not mostly use black in good functions and places because we have a belief that black is not more religious dress ( may be some wear ).
The go left n go right at the beginning of wearing is according to region and according to the occasion... It's also cultural identity... Tamils go left n then go right, I guess malayalis also same.... Kannadagas and telgites go right and then left... The extra length is adjusted in the first turn by folding it inwards to the desired length before going left(or right)... Or u can simple get it stitched into a cylindrical cloth to ur size
Originally it's not veshti, vaetti in Tamil, it becomes veshti by other Dravidian languages, veshti becomes dhothi by north Indians. White vaetti is a formal one. Saffron, blue, black, green, red for temple and pilgrimage center. Lungis are casual one, can wear at home or at ease and relax time.
Your video brought memories of my dad who never gave up his lungi for Pyjamas. All the boys in my life stick to pyjama and kurta for casual home wear or even temple wear. You look dashing. Nalla irike da.
Ha ha ha 😀😀😀😀. Ben, basically South Indian men always like their casual look like this, however they evn has a hip belt to tie on top of that veshti, it's funny that u cut it off like a towel 😀😀😀😀.. U look cool in saffron colour and black colour though.. 😍
you are supposed to fold the lungi in half vertically and wear it like shorts ,like the dude in 5:46 ,you are wearing it like pants now which is hot and sweaty
Hahaha, my Indian husband wanted to wear a Lungi for our wedding in Turkey. There was a lot of back and forth and he finally agreed to wear a suit. 😃😃 Maybe we will have another proper Indian wedding in India where he can wear a Lungi and I can wear the traditional Indian wedding dress. Love your videos! Love from Turkey ❤️🙏
Lungi in weeding 😳
@@ArunKumar_Is_Me he must have had a lot of weed :)
@@ArunKumar_Is_Me in South India people wear it in wedding in north we wear that sheerwani and that stylish dhoti or that stylish pajama
@@nmo3148 Maybe they don't know difference between lungi and dhoti😕
@@shsh4905 in South India, people wear dhoti/veshti in wedding not lungi🙃
5:09 I wouldn't try to wash color clothes mixed with white clothes on the first wash, it could stain white clothes a little...
Very discount - good shopping. Lunghis and dhotis are so cool, in every sense. The black one makes you look suave and sophisticated Uncle. They will all soften with more washing.
Yes. Very reasonable price for tourists
The lungi is actually stitched to make it circular, then you wear it and when you tie it around your waist, it has to make an inverted V shape. This will allow enough room for your leg movement. I can't explain it in words!! BTW how come you haven't tried the veshti with velcro? It stays securely around your waist plus it has pockets too!!
I will have to look for those, these were what I found
Lungi is for household use... Veshti is official and are allowed into temples.... As I said.... It gives royal look 😉
Here in Uttar Pradesh too, Our family members wear lungi, but only in home and not outside
Actually LUNGIES are prohibited in Temples, only VESTIES are allowded in. There are many different between a Lungi and a Vestie. Both are not the same✌️😀
Lungi is kind of casual
Vestie is formal
Ben is officially now Mama Ben. :) Welcome to the world of simple Tamil people. I hadn't worn veshti until I was 30. Man, what I missed in my life. Now, for my remote meetings, I am on my veshti. Hello from NH!
Hello!
Here in Mizoram state, that veshti you first wore is the way women wears, men wears it as well but only about the length of thy knee
I'm not so sure but I'm from UP and I loved to wear Lungi during my childhood.
Now I live in Gujarat and unfortunately I don't wear lungi/dhoti anymore but yes Lungis are very very....say extremely comfortable to wear. You feel free. Only difficulty is that you can't ride a bike after wearing is. Rest thing, all great.
Next time I visit Tiruvannamalai, I guess, I will remember Ben on the streets.
Yes me too
I am here
@@bjenks IKR. However Ramana ashram is not allotting rooms due to COVID restrictions. TC. Issued your live at the start.
Have you mentioned why Tiruvannamalai out of all the places in India?! TC.
Veshti= unstitched (like a plain blanket with a border line )
Lungi= stitched like a tube ( colour full design's)
The white one which is still stiff.....will become the softest one after you have wear and washed it a few times.
Cotton is that way...
Trust me after few washes that will be the softest one.
And the black one looks the most cool on you!
thanks for the tips
I'm an Indian and I have never worn a lungi, I feel I need to catch up to you bro!
You're missing some decent fun :)
I've a saffron one, bought specifically for temple visits. It's think it's called Kaavi Mundu
Are you in Kerala?
BUBBA 🤠😎🕉️🙏🏻🇮🇳💪🏻👋🏻 Keep going strong bhai. Vas por buen camino parcero. That's in Spanish for You're on a good path brotha'. I used to wear a dhoti to the temples in Colombia 🇨🇴, when I was out on Harinaam and as a Pujari. For those who don't know I used to be a Hare Krishna (Bhakti Yogi). When I was a Hare Krishna I was told by other prabhus that there were 108 ways to put on a dhoti. I only learned 3 but don't remember how to put them on any more and keep in mind I used to put them on 3 times a week for 4 years. 😱🤯 Great vlog on looking for a lungi, veshti or dhoti Benjamin 👍🏻🙏🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💪🏻💪🏻.
Jai Hind 🕉️!
Jai Bharat 🇮🇳!
JAI BHOLE KI!
Thanks buddy!
@@bjenks Always Benjamin. You seem to come off as a happy 😊 person and your content is really good 😎💪🏻🇮🇳🕉️👍🏻👍🏽👍🏿🙏🏻. REALLY hope 🤞🏻🤞🏽 you and others get to start traveling around India so you can bring us exciting new locales. I remember what you said about this whole storm being a gut punch for you because you haven't been able to do the travel vlogging you wanna do. I, like you Benjamin, am waiting for India to open the flood gates so we can go ahead and have good ole tailgate 🚜🛺 party 🥳🎉 minus the alcohol on my part. Gave up the darn stuff 8 years ago and haven't looked back. Have a good one bud. Always looking forward to your next vlog.
After few wash it will be soft . Can fold half , give more comfort and air circulation inside
I laughed when uncle look is activated.
You can get a vesthi (waisty) with Velcro around the top that makes it s uper secure. Next thing to do is to watch some VJ music videos to see how to fold it up so you can dance and run. After a while you will grow to love the lungi for hanging out at home. Way cooler than sweats. All you need now is the white button down shirt to be a cool white tata. 😀
thanks Barry
Cool white tata 💀
I have been your subscriber since very long time... You are becoming more and more Indian day by day❤😂
Thank you so much 😀
I was almost about to panic, thinking that you didn't realize that lungi and dhoti/veshti are two different things. I lived in Chennai for 6 years, and the first time I said "lungi" while talking about someone's veshti, the person got seriously offended, and sat me down to have a long conversation about all the differences in style, purpose, and cultural connotation.
I hope you also try out the different styles. In Tamil Nadu, people usually wear a veshti by wrapping it around. But priests wear what is called a "panchakaccham" (pancha comes from the Sanskrit word for five, and the kaccham refers to the pleating). In other parts of India, like in eastern and northern India, the pleated form is the norm and nobody wears the simpler wrap-around style.
you came tamil nadu from which state?
Panchakachcham means 5 knots or 5 places its secured not 5 pleats. 2 places on the waist on the sides/front, 1 at the back at close to bottom of spine, 2 at the front just below the navel so folded that the bottom border rises vertically both at front and back.
You can buy in Ramraj Cotton shops Velcro veshti and stitched lungis. Then you don't need to worry about tying them properly.
Veshtis are to be worn when attending marriage functions, going to temples etc. They are more like pants
Lungis are casual wear and to be worn in house, they are more like shorts and night dresses
What a man looking coooool on vesthi,lungi ,dothi💥💫✨
Thnks Brother for Promoting our Culture. Big brother ji
Some people running from Afghanistan and some people chilling in India 🇮🇳.. Thats the beauty of my Bharat.. Thank you for support Bharat. 🙏❤️
You are becoming sage buddy. Lord Shiva bless you 🙏
You look amazing in Veshti and lungi. Nailed the pakka Tamil looks! 👍👍
This is a good costume! I try to wear it sometimes even in USA, when I go outside to work in the garden or put my trash cans outside . But my wife will be like"don't go outside like this! What will the white guys think about you? " 😂😂
Lungi or Kai-lee should be stitched to make a cylindrical cloth costume. Only வேஷ்டி /veshti is worn without stitching the sides and it is formal wear. 🙏
In lungi, you have to get your legs inside it and start to fold it, veshti, as you did, but we use red colour thread, which all men wear around their hip(seperates upper and lower body)called araignyaan Kayir. , we use it to hold veshti or lungi more stronger.
Love you Benjamin. God bless you.
Awesome Ben....you're rocking 😎👌👏🙌😀👍
Loving your content Ben... 😃😃
Keep going
Loved how you gave actors references for lungi 😅
The colored veshtis are usually worn by pilgrims. Thats because ochre and red are auspicious colours white is for ascetics, Normal veshtis are only white and used for formal wear or temple visits.
Nice to see you in this video. Stay healthy stay safe.
Wear a solid color dhoti when going to temple. The ones with the colorful design are more casual in Kerala we call it Kayili, For the solid colored one like the white we call it Mund. Sabarimala temple devotees wear black, while the white and saffron for temple and for formal occasions white only.
Hi Ben.. You need to keep a couple of pleats in the front end, as it would help you to walk freely and looks good on the ambience.
Totally rocking it. Can't go wrong with Red and Black
Lungi and dhoti are pretty cool because you can make pants with just a big piece of cloth
Some fun you are having!!
Try the traditional white silk shirt & Veshti... usually here this combo is for groom in weddings. I think u will look Amazing in those ❤️
White veshti is formal wear for festivals, Weddings, gatherings and family functions. Color veshti for temple visits or nearby outings. Lungi for relaxing at home and shopping groceries nearby. Stich the two corners of lungi and wear it.. the shop owners might guide you for stiching it and how to use. Enjoy man 😉
Wear a belt to make it tight with your hip. You can be free from fear while going outside.
Veshti can be used as pant and shorts.full length veshti is formal pant.folded veshti is shorts
Visit our village, you will find more than thousand ancient and magnificent temples around here, to wear those colourful veshtis to!
The lungis u bought were actually veshtis with lungi like colorings, lungis are circular and u hop right in.
Dude Where R u In South India . I am a new subscriber but after watching ur videos i mean u r the only Foreign youtuber by far understood Atleast Half of India Thanks For Making an effort and showing the nice side of India to the World
He is in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu.
@@StarkEdits11 nice 😊
Dafaq dude, you are more Indian than most Indians
Man that made me laugh 😂 Uncle mode activated
Looks perfect man 😎 Make more videos wearing Veshti
bro you actually look great in lungi
You forgot to fold the veshti and wear it like shorts. There are multiple mods in wearing it. Remember Veshiti is formal wear and lungi is casual wear, they are not same. You can’t wear a lungi and go to temple or attend a marriage function.
the white one is called vehsti, it's more formal and worn on occasions.
travel to Northeast India (like west Bengal, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland) and discover it's my humble request. there is so much diversity in this country, I see you all video.
West Bengal is not northeast
Finally you are eligible to be a South Indian 🤣
Very Nice, Good Shopkeeper and helped you too ! Great Sir ! Waiting for the Next Video ! Hope it would be soon
As far as veshti is concerned, you have to pay attention to the color. Not every colour is meant to be worn at all times.
E.g. white - general purpose
Black - those on pilgrimage to Sabrimalai
You need to wear more often to get it done smoothly, there are some simple tricks which will help you
Thanks, like what tricks?
@@bjenks first thing is measurement,
It's a little hard to explain through words, will make. a vdo soon
Bro you are underrated af
Happy to see u wearing lungi and veshti which we commonly wore.... The one lungi and white veshti which u think hard will become soft after few more usage and washing don't worry it will become softer quickly....and when u wear that the rolling of that extra should come outside not inside....🙂
One more suggestions.. - as u said u are going to wear this in local functions and temples..... Veshti is the mostly used for that places ....lungis are mostly used inside home and any nearby places not for functions like that. And also mostly people are not mostly use black in good functions and places because we have a belief that black is not more religious dress ( may be some wear ).
*At first look when he saw Lungi, Veshti, etc. I think that he thought Lungi is be like Men's Frocks* 🤣🤣🤣🤣
White ones are for royal look.... 🤩 I love white one with gold borders 👌
thanks for the info! BTW where are you living? I just moved to Chennai.
The go left n go right at the beginning of wearing is according to region and according to the occasion... It's also cultural identity...
Tamils go left n then go right, I guess malayalis also same.... Kannadagas and telgites go right and then left...
The extra length is adjusted in the first turn by folding it inwards to the desired length before going left(or right)... Or u can simple get it stitched into a cylindrical cloth to ur size
Originally it's not veshti, vaetti in Tamil, it becomes veshti by other Dravidian languages, veshti becomes dhothi by north Indians. White vaetti is a formal one. Saffron, blue, black, green, red for temple and pilgrimage center. Lungis are casual one, can wear at home or at ease and relax time.
Thanks for the info
Your video brought memories of my dad who never gave up his lungi for Pyjamas. All the boys in my life stick to pyjama and kurta for casual home wear or even temple wear. You look dashing. Nalla irike da.
You have transformed into an Indian
Lungis are also popular in Bengal and parts of Uttar Pradesh.
You look so handsome in lungi
Ben is looking like South Indian film star😅👌
All colors suits u Ben 👍👍.... U look so cute...
Now for the lungi dance!
Ha ha ha 😀😀😀😀. Ben, basically South Indian men always like their casual look like this, however they evn has a hip belt to tie on top of that veshti, it's funny that u cut it off like a towel 😀😀😀😀..
U look cool in saffron colour and black colour though.. 😍
Bro u look awesome thanks for this video, I love it
U look great in red and black veshti👌❤️🖤
You are becoming more of south indian😂😂😂😂😂
Lol I died at uncle activated part 😆😆😆
Ben your uncle look is awesome
1:01 Im going to a foreign country, walk down a busy street with camera in hand and point to stranger`s crotches. You are my inspiration.
These are the things came into existence because of the necessity to cool off in the hot & stuffy climate
Everyone travels in North India you are the only one concentrating more about south India.specificly Tamil Nadu 🥰🥰🥰
Ha ha you look awesome in lungi 😆😅 carry on bro😜
Ooh my gosh!! You look beutiful❤❤❤
1:02 Don't point at Lungi like that, people may misunderstand!😁😂
😁
😂😂😂
🤣🤣
Well I did speak with them but good point
you are supposed to fold the lungi in half vertically and wear it like shorts ,like the dude in 5:46 ,you are wearing it like pants now which is hot and sweaty
Thanks for the tips
With that black shirt and white veshti .. You look soo good 😍😍😍😍 plz watch Vikram Prabhu in 'Koodha kaathu' song
Thanks, I enjoyed the song
Uncle look activated 😂😂
Black shirt and white veati look awesome 😎
Hello Ben I am a huge fan of you ❤️....
thanks Dharun
We also use lungi here in M.P but with towels 😂😂
Damn u look so handsome in that orange lungi u wore 1st
I love Veshti, I am from Gujarat but I want to try this.
Actually Lungi and Dhoti are different, a Dhoti is like a pant and Lungi is like a nikker
Dhoti is different, I want learn how to wear it.
Hey bro ,please come in west Bengal ❤️
Married people traditionally wear veshti in a style called panchakacham
Unmarried people wear it in a simpler towel like fashion.
Rajasthani Dhoti is much more comfortable and they looked much better.
But these are good too.
white one looks cool man
Black and white veshti shirt is nice
Marry an Indian woman and fullfill your Indian destiny 😅❤️
He married bro already
Wow..u look cool on dhoti, lungi, vesti 😁
Nice look, be always in lungi 🤩🤩