REJTA--"A lesser known traditional dress of upper himachal"
Ok so as you know I'm working in upper seraj and soon going to marry in Upper Shimla area so I discovered that they have unique dressing sense that seperates them not only from other district himachali women but also the ones from other states. Here I'm going to talk about REZTA also called Cholu, the lesser known but beautiful regional traditional dress of upper himachali ladies... REZTA is beleived to be originated from apple bowl of india, Kotgarh Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) but interestingly Rezta is not Himachali in origin. It is said that there has been European connection , therefore it has Victorian look . Kotgarh was incorporated into British India in 1815 so apparently foreign Christian missionaries and britishers often frequented this place and the nearby old Hindustan- Tibet Road and they could have introduced rezta. However, locals of Kotgarh beleives that rejta owes its origin to americans who played important role in Hima
