This article is about the body jewelry. For the restraint for prisoners, see Belly chain (restraint).
Pomegranate Studio belly dance, with women wearing belly chains
A belly chain or waist chain is the popular English term for the Indian jewelry[1] called kamarband. The belly chain is a type of body jewelry worn around the waist.[2] Some belly chains attach to a navel piercing; these are also called "pierced belly chains". They are often made of silver or gold. Sometimes a thread is used around the waist instead of a chain. The chain may be delicate and thin, or heavy and thick.
Belly chains are considered auspicious for women in Indian culture.[3]
^Schaefer, Richard T. (2008-03-20). Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. SAGE Publications. p. 713. ISBN 978-1-4522-6586-5. Indeed, in recent years, thanks to celebrities such as Madonna and Goldie Hawn, Indian fashions (saris and churidars), jewelry (belly chains), and body art (mendhi), have found a market with both U.S. and Indian American youths. Beyond this ...
^Gupta, Hari Ram (1991-01-01). History of the Sikhs: Sikh Lion of Lahore/Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 385. ISBN 978-81-215-0515-4. A shirt of white muslin, a belt or kamarband tied over the shirt round his waist, a kachchha, a pair of tight trousers, yellow or pea-green, of Daryai silk, a pair of slippers, completed his dress. In winter he wore woollen pa jama, single or double ...
^Gupta, Apoorva (2019-10-16). "Karva (Karwa) Chauth 2019: 'Solah Sringar' and its significance in Indian culture". Retrieved 2020-10-03.
A bellychain or waist chain is the popular English term for the Indian jewelry called kamarband. The bellychain is a type of body jewelry worn around...
accessories like bellychains, navel piercings, tattoos etc., to enhance the appearance of the belly. It can be a delicate thin or heavy thick chain. Navel piercing...
from a chain to another object by a chain stopper. Uses for chains include: Bellychain, type of body jewelry worn around the waist Jewelry chain, many...
court, to medical facilities, etc., will wear handcuffs augmented with a bellychain. In this type of arrangement a metal, leather, or canvas belt is attached...
but with a longer length of chain) and leg irons, with both sets of manacles (wrist and ankle) being chained to a bellychain. This form of restraint is...
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anthropometric landmark in garment construction. Jewellery, such as a bellychain, may be worn around either the clothing or anatomical waist. Waist reduction...
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Often, a bellychain is added so that the prisoner's hands are shackled to the waist. Leather or nylon belts may be used instead of bellychains. To prevent...
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around Kabul during the Afghan War. Cummerbund, a type of belt a type of bellychain worn in India This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
transporting prisoners, leather or nylon belts are often used instead of bellychains to secure the prisoner's arms at waist level. These restraint belts have...
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Such prisoners are also handcuffed and sometimes fitted with a leather bellychain when moved outside of prison to places such as court buildings. Remanded...
usually includes: Use of force and restraints (i.e., handcuffs, leg-irons, belly-chains, etc.) Weapons (firearms, taser, pepper spray, baton, etc.) Self-defense...
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