Jutti
The pointed leather shoe of the Punjab, embroidered in gold and silver thread for weddings.
The jutti is a flat shoe of tanned leather with a pointed, sometimes curled toe, made without a separate left or right, so that it shapes itself to the foot. Plain ones are worn in the fields; for weddings and festivals they are embroidered with gold and silver thread, beads and mirrors.
Patiala, Amritsar and Multan, whose khussa is the Pakistani form, are famous for them, and the jutti features in many songs, as in 'jutti kasoori', the shoe from Kasur that pinches.
More dress, sayings and games
The turban, the Punjabi suit, the tehmat and the chadra, the parandi in the hair and the jutti on the feet.
The sayings that season every Punjabi conversation, and the riddles told round the fire on winter nights.
The games of the Punjabi village: girls spinning in kikli, boys at gulli-danda and pithu, and kites on every roof at Basant.
From roka to doli: the rituals of a Punjabi wedding, and the songs that go with each one.
The platform under the big tree in the village square, where the men sat, talked, played cards and settled quarrels.
The woven string bed carried into the courtyard by day and onto the roof at night, and the low stool beside it.