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Choli
Type of blouse, worn with the sari / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the villages in Iran, see Cheli, Iran. For the village in Cyprus, see Choli, Cyprus.
A choli (Hindi: चोली, Urdu: چولی, Gujarati: ચોળી, Marathi: चोळी, Nepali: चोलो cholo) (known in South India as ravike (Kannada: ರವಿಕೆ, Telugu: రవికె, Tamil: ரவிக்கை)) is a blouse or a bodice-like upper garment that is commonly cut short leaving the midriff bare, it is worn along with a sari in the Indian subcontinent. In northern Gujarat is also known as polku (Gujarati: પોલકું). The choli is also part of the ghagra choli costume in the Indian subcontinent.
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