Video summary
The video follows two hosts as they embark on a mission in Jaipur to assemble a complete traditional Rajasthani outfit, specifically searching for a doti kurta, a safa hat, and matching shoes within the local Sanganer market. Their journey begins with a humorous struggle to find the distinctive red-orange safa, where they encounter locals who are eager to help but often provide incorrect directions out of politeness rather than ignorance. This cultural observation highlights how Indians frequently avoid saying "no" directly to maintain a helpful demeanor, which sometimes leads visitors down the wrong path until they eventually locate the souvenir shops in touristier areas or find ready-made items among the bustling stalls selling household goods and clothing.
Once they secure the hat and explore various fabric options, including a visit from a cousin who sells blankets and materials, the duo takes a well-deserved break to sample famous garlic chutney samosas and sweet lassi from Kanhaiya Lal Halwai. After enjoying the local cuisine, they successfully try on a white dhoti kurta set that fits perfectly, noting how the cotton fabric offers better airflow and comfort compared to other attire. The experience is further enriched by interactions with friendly locals who are curious about their traditional dress, creating a warm atmosphere where the hosts feel like part of the community while continuing their search for the final piece of the ensemble.
The final leg of their adventure involves hunting for a pair of shoes that fit properly without being too tight or loose, leading to a successful bargaining session with a shoe dealer near an intersection. Starting at a price of 450 rupees, they negotiate down to a final cost of 400 rupees after the seller generously returns change, resulting in a total outfit expense of approximately 1600 rupees or around $18 USD. The video concludes with the hosts proudly displaying their complete Rajasthani attire, emphasizing that despite the initial confusion and the need for bargaining, the entire experience was affordable, culturally immersive, and filled with genuine hospitality from the people of Jaipur.
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Hello from Jaipur. Today I'm with
Wandering PK on YouTube.
Hike with PK on Instagram. Today we're
looking for a doti kurta traditional
Rajasthan outfit.
And first we're going to go look for a
hat and then we're going to try and look
for this white outfit. So, have you ever
worn one before?
>> No, I have never tried but yeah, it's
it's fun to wear these clothes, you
know.
>> All right, and the reason for this
outfit is later today on a separate
video I will be doing a giveaway yeah,
revealing why I'm in India. So, make
sure to watch that video as well. But
now we're just walking around looking
for the red orange hat.
>> The explore safa.
>> Safa?
>> Safa.
>> We're looking for a safa.
And I have no idea where they are.
But in the more touristy areas you can
kind of find them as like a souvenir.
But we're in a very local area. What's
the name of this area?
>> This area is Sanganer local market.
>> Sanganer market.
>> Market.
>> Sanganer market and uh
What's the name What's the name of that
again?
>> Sanganer market.
>> No, no, the hat.
>> Sorry.
>> Hat, safa.
>> Safa. Okay, we're looking for a safa.
Hello. Do you Do you have safa?
>> Safa?
>> Safa.
>> No.
This way? We just came from this way.
Ready-made?
>> Yes, yes.
>> Okay, dhanyawad. Thank you.
Okay, so we're getting pointed in this
direction. Hopefully we'll find this
safa.
>> sure we will find out.
>> Okay, okay.
So, sometimes in India sometimes in
India what I've noticed so far is people
will speak with such confidence and
they'll say for sure it's this way and
they have no idea. So, people I think
it's because they're they want to be so
helpful and that they don't want to seem
like they don't know. So, you'll never
get a no from somebody here in India.
>> People don't want to say no, I don't
know. They want to say, "Oh, I know.
Just go there."
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> So, they want to feel that they help.
But, in the way they are like making a
trouble.
>> Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Okay, let's keep
our eyes peeled here. But, as you can
see, it's a very local market.
>> Yeah.
>> All sorts of
>> You can find cheap clothes, cheap stuff
here.
>> Even even things for the house,
cylinders, cooking things.
Uh this is where local people are buying
everything.
>> Yes.
>> Hello, cow.
>> Uh he's my cousin.
>> You're another one.
Ready made?
>> Yes.
>> Okay.
Okay, so that was your cousin.
>> Yeah. So, it's it's better to
ask from the known people.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> To get the exact location.
>> Okay. Okay.
>> you can find these uh Rajasthani
>> Oh, the shoes.
>> Shoes.
>> Oh, wow.
>> So, Rajasthani style.
>> Oh, really? These ones?
>> Yeah. These ones.
>> How how much do you think these are?
>> 200.
>> Oh, let me let me ask him and see what
he says.
>> Yeah.
Kitna?
Kitna rupee?
450.
>> 450. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So,
450 starting at 450. Then, you got to
bargain. The real price is somewhere 2
300.
>> 2 300.
>> Okay. Okay. Okay.
>> But, they are like many places you can
buy these stuff. Like they have duty.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> So if you wearing this whole Rajasthani
attire, you should wear these also.
>> [laughter]
>> Yeah, but it's going to be so
uncomfortable.
>> Yes. Yes.
>> Yeah.
>> It hurts in the ankle.
>> Oh.
>> [laughter]
[snorts]
>> 750.
>> Yeah, this one.
>> [snorts]
>> And this is just the same material as
the other guy, right? Yeah. It's just
they're folding.
>> 750.
This is 150.
>> 150.
So
Yeah, but they don't have my size.
>> It's my size better.
>> So from the uncle this was
>> 160. 150.
>> 150, yeah.
This is like big
big size for me.
It doesn't matter. Yeah, anything with
color is fine.
>> Yeah, this is
>> So this one
150, okay.
I don't know.
I have a big head.
>> Yeah.
Which which?
>> I think it's
It's going to depend more if they have
my size or not.
>> But this is different color.
>> Yeah, it's fine.
>> [snorts]
>> This must fit.
>> Oh, I don't know.
This is like big.
Oh, no. No.
Too big.
>> 23 in.
23 in.
>> They're saying it's 550, but he can do
for 500.
>> Okay, but this is basically the same
material as uncle.
Right?
>> Yeah.
>> It's the same so I could just wrap it
myself.
Right?
>> Yeah.
>> So should we just try and wrap it
myself?
>> No, you
have to come back here to make it
because they know it.
>> ask him how much to wrap it if we buy
how much?
>> They're saying it was this material.
>> Uh-huh, yeah, that's what uncle was
selling for 150.
>> And this is the
>> Oh, this
>> [snorts]
>> What's that?
>> Yes.
>> This will be 350.
>> Yeah, so uncle was selling it's fine.
It's a different cloth. Yeah, yeah, it's
fine. We can say like yeah, what about
can can I try this one on? This one try
this one looks big. Is it not big?
>> Oh, there we go.
>> Yeah, this is
okay, better.
>> You like this? And you keep this in the
front like this?
Oh, here we go. Look at that. Oh my
gosh.
Looking very
Yeah, okay.
>> Yeah.
>> Chalo.
Get now.
>> 550.
>> Okay.
>> [laughter]
>> All right, mandatory samosa break right
across the street
from
the hat seller.
>> Ram ram.
Ram ram.
>> Oh, garlic chutney.
>> Yeah.
>> Ooh.
Looking good.
But this place is special for the garlic
chutney.
>> Yes, this is garlic chutney with the
spicy red chili.
>> Okay.
>> And this is green chutney.
>> Okay, awesome.
>> So if you don't mind Sure, you can try.
This is a red one.
>> All right, here we go.
Spicy.
>> Right? Yeah.
>> They are like different flavors, very
good spices.
>> If you don't mind, I'll eat this whole
thing.
>> Sure, sure. I will get one more.
>> Mhm.
>> Yeah.
>> So it is spicy, the garlic red chutney
is the first time I've had this like
orange spicy chutney.
>> Yeah.
>> I think it's matching my hat.
>> Yeah.
>> But yeah, delicious potatoes.
>> Yeah.
Good is spices.
>> Great spices, great.
The samosa
>> Yeah.
>> pastry part is good.
The vibes are good.
>> Yeah.
>> The hat is good.
Um I don't know the name of this place
cuz I can't read it.
>> It's Gopinath.
>> What is it?
>> Gopinath.
>> Gopinath?
>> Yeah, Gopi is god goddess.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> But yeah, really delicious.
>> Yeah.
>> 9 out of 10.
>> Yeah.
And they are doing like for many years
this business.
Yeah.
>> Okay, time for you to get one for
yourself.
All right, what do you rate it?
>> Nine out of 10.
>> Awesome, nine out of 10.
Yeah, this is so good, huh?
>> Yeah.
>> You've been here before?
>> Many times, like many years.
>> Oh, many years?
>> Because my home was just on the way.
So, I used to stop by here.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah, when I was going to school
>> Oh, nice. Nice. Hello.
Don't You have dhoti kurta?
Dhoti kurta?
>> To remove shoes?
>> Yes.
>> Here are the dhoti kurtas.
>> Dhoti kurta. Okay, you have my size?
My size? Yeah?
>> 36.
>> Okay, you can try.
>> Okay, okay.
Let's see.
>> [snorts]
>> Yeah.
Looking good?
>> Yes.
>> Perfect.
>> Uh you want to open it?
This?
>> Oh, this part?
>> Yeah.
>> Sure.
>> Oh, nicely. Otherwise, it will it will
tear.
>> [snorts]
[snorts]
>> Making room for the samosa.
>> Yeah.
It's fine.
Yeah.
>> How are you doing?
>> And this one?
>> It's five buttons
>> Oh, this one's uh that's stitching.
Yeah, that's
>> Yeah, these are the buttons.
>> Okay.
Okay.
>> And and
the reason behind these clothes more air
and more comfortable.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah, looks [snorts]
>> Yeah, wonderful.
Oh, you can leave it like it's fine.
Yeah.
>> It's fine.
>> Okay. And how much
for a dhoti kurta? Kitna? Kitna rupee?
>> 700
>> Okay. Okay.
>> Koi baat nahi.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Yeah.
>> Ram ram.
>> Ram ram. Hello. Yes.
Okay, I think I'm fitting in here quite
well.
>> Yeah.
>> [laughter]
>> Yes.
My didis
My didis the sisters
>> Yeah.
>> My my subs, my brothers.
I think I'm fitting in well already.
Ram ram.
>> Ram ram.
>> These three guys are interested.
>> Yeah.
>> Hello.
Ram ram.
>> Ram ram.
>> Oh, yeah. Look at this guy.
>> Hey! Hey!
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah, it's fun, right?
>> Yeah, getting some good reactions from
people. It puts a smile on their face.
Hello! How are you, sir?
Oh.
Hello. Hello. Ram ram.
I I am Rajasthani.
Okay. Okay. Nice to meet you. Bye-bye.
>> This is fun.
>> Rajasthani for the day. Look, even these
guys are like, "What is going on?"
Hello. Ram ram.
Oh, too many cars. Okay.
Okay.
Okay, now we're on a mission for shoes.
>> Yeah.
>> So, let's see if we can get shoes for
300.
>> Yeah.
>> Hey, we're we're getting summoned into
uh
Cousin? Uncle? Relative?
Hello.
>> My name is Narendra Kumar Pisani.
>> Okay. Nice to meet you. Jack
>> My name is Narendra Kumar Pisani.
>> My my name is Jack Stead Singh Kumar
Jat.
Okay.
Okay, thank you.
>> This is also like if you stitch, these
are dhoti.
>> Oh, okay. Okay.
>> But the cotton fabric
>> So, uncle is selling cousin uncle cousin
>> Uh cousin. Okay.
Cousin brother selling blankets and
fabric
for doty and other things too, right?
Like shirts and uh-huh.
Yeah, nice.
Uh by the way, if I didn't mention PK is
doing local Jaipur tours. If you want to
do something fun like this or if you
want to go see the hidden places, he'll
take you around and he's also doing
viral Instagram reels, YouTube reels,
content creation,
stuff like this.
>> Come to me. I will make you viral for
sure.
>> Yeah, yeah, he's doing good stuff. So,
contact him. I'll put the link below and
otherwise we're just going to have a
small chai and then we're going to
continue on looking for the shoes. So,
you need to know when you come to India
people will ask you if you want
something to eat, something to drink and
you say no, you're getting it anyways.
So, we got this delicious lassi.
>> Yeah, you this is from the famous shop
Kanhaiya Lal Halwai.
>> From this famous place.
>> Yeah.
>> From these wonderful gentlemen.
My stop, thank you very much. Thank you.
It's delicious. It's basically it's
it's like yogurt, right? Sweet yogurt,
PK?
>> Mhm.
>> Sweet yogurt.
It's very delicious.
>> Lassi, Indian name is lassi. Lassi.
>> Thank you for my lassi.
Oh, he's saying I need earrings.
>> Uh yeah, you need earrings.
>> [laughter]
>> Okay.
Oh, picture with
>> Yeah, he want to see the picture how it
comes out.
>> [laughter]
>> Okay, thank you. Bye.
Okay, delicious Delicious. Now,
to complete [clears throat] the outfit,
we just need a pair of shoes. So, I
think we're going to
check out a guy right up here by this
intersection. See what kind of shoes he
has.
Lots of things for sale around this
area.
Women's. Hello.
Lots of things for sale in this area.
Women's clothes.
Men's clothes.
Home furnishings.
Gas.
Peanuts across the street.
Uh locker boxes.
I don't know what that is.
A cooler.
Stick brooms, my favorite.
Here we are.
The shoe dealer.
Let's see if he has my size.
Hello, bhai saab.
Hello.
Yeah. Yeah.
Okay, so we're coming in looking for a
pair of shoes. Oh,
uh PK.
>> Yeah.
>> Lal. These are looking really good.
450. Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> Does he have my size?
>> Yeah, I think so.
>> All right, 450 and PK said before the
real price should be about 3.
>> You you have to say it like no, I 300.
>> Okay.
Okay, let's do it. Let's check my
bargaining skills. We have to take off
the shoes.
Shoes here?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
All right.
First copy.
Okay.
Okay, let's see.
>> Check
>> size.
What a police you see?
>> Uh little bit bigger would be nice.
>> Size is okay?
>> No.
>> But it's a yes, sir.
>> What do you think?
>> [laughter]
>> Uh do you wear these with socks or no
socks?
>> This size.
>> Oh, okay. Size.
>> It's okay?
>> Yeah, okay. Mhm.
Uh in the front there uh it's not the
great size cuz it's you know they're
pinching my Yeah.
But I think that's just the
>> More big we can take, but it will be
>> Too big, right?
Yeah.
Okay, so these fit without the sock.
Um not going to bargain too much. He's
asking 450.
And I said four, he said 420, so
that's fine.
That's fine. No big deal.
Cool shoes.
Okay, the nice man he gave me 100 back,
so 400.
Thank you, sir. Danny van. Okay.
To go.
Okay, nice guy, good price, great shoes.
And this is
like uh what $4
and $4.50. So, yeah.
Thank you, sir.
>> Welcome.
>> Oh, here's the outfit. We got the shoes.
We got the hat.
All thanks to PK, Wandering PK YouTube,
Hike with PK Instagram. Local tours
around Jaipur and the area surrounding
area. So, total outfit cost, okay, 400
for the shoes,
500 for this, so that's 900. Uh so
that's $10. And then 700 for the pants
and shirts, so total cost is roughly
about let's see 1600, so like um
uh $18 I think with the current exchange
rate, so $18.
I think it's a good deal. What do you
guys think? Comment below.