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Currently, due to more modernisation, such earrings are not worn. | Currently, due to more modernisation, such earrings are not worn. | ||
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*[[Fashion in India]] | |||
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[[Category:Jewellery of India]] | [[Category:Jewellery of India]] | ||
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Paambadam is an earring worn by elderly women in South Indian States such as Tamil Nadu & Kerala.
Designed in the shape of a snake hood, with two balls, two knobs, a square piece, and a tongue pieced together, the gold-coated earrings weigh about 50 g each.
Paambadam in Tamil means the hood of the snake(paambin padam).
The sheer weight of a paambadam enlarges the ear lobe, which has to be pierced with a special knife for gradual expression.
Paambadam would be worn with one or two others of similar size and weight, pulling down and stretching the earlobe considerably. The remarkable semi-abstract design actually incorporates animal forms, showing the head of a snake.
Currently, due to more modernisation, such earrings are not worn.