Guloband can define by its own name by separating in two words one is ‘Gala’ and the second one is “bandh”. It means prominent jewellery of Uttarakhand culture worn by Uttarakhnadi women around the neck. This traditional jewellery wear by Kumaoni, Garhwali, Bhotiya, and Jaunsari married women on the collective activities of women of sacred festivals like weddings, Traditional festivals, and other occasions. These pieces of jewellery are the pride of Uttarakhand tradition. And, when any married woman wears these gulobands, no one can beat it on attracting anyone.
Basically, Uttarakhand jewellery is made of gold but in today’s fashionable times, when no one wants to wear the same design for a long time then the artificial jewellery is the best and safe option. In the market, multiple designs are available same as gold jewellery. But, the Artificial jewellery designer made many more impressive Uttarakhand guloband designs according to the choices of the bride.
The traditional Guloband is designed on a red, dark blue or black fabric belt. On the Belt a flower design golden polis box stitched with the same colour thread. Also, this flower design may change according to customer requirements. In this time in the market seller have more than 20 designs are available. Every design can define a specific culture and its tradition. Also, the jewellery designer can design a combination of guloband and necklace. That’s why, all women who love hills culture use this jewellery. In the hill’s areas, guloband may a substitute for the necklace.
