Layers of intricately decorated bangles are a staple fashion accessory for women in Pakistan, a carefully considered part of their Islamic Eid-al-Fitr celebrations.In the lead-up to this week's Eid-al-Fitr festivities that mark the end of Ramadan, market stalls are adorned with a glittering array of colourful bangles, each turned over and inspected for their beauty and imperfections by women who haggle for a good price.
As rightly said by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an American writer, activist and a leader of the women s rights movement in the US during the mid-to-late-19th century: “Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization”
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