kalgi

A black heron feather that is worn on a turban as a symbol of nobility.

The herons of Kashmir were the main source of supply of feathers which were in great demand for plumes (Kalgis) worn by the Sikh Ministers, Officers of high ranks and other men of importance.

But on turban they painted peacock feathers in place of kalgi and sometimes half bloomed lotus with all the decoration of jewellery and pearls.

An ornament worn on the front of a turban as a symbol of status.

When the question of kalgi and its whereabouts arose, Archer candidly stated that he could not find any kalgi with Lady Broun Lindsay , a descendant of Lord Dalhousie from whom the weapons of Guru Gobind Singh were acquired and nor was it in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Shah Jahan's aesthetics transformed the heron's feather into the extravagantly jewelled kalgi.

A competitive style of lavani.

The Kalgi- group represented the female element in nature and the Tura the male.

Abdul latif of Aligarh city is an accomplished singer of kalgi school and Habb Khan, Yunus Khan and Wahid of Aligarh city belong to the turra school .

A prisoner of war taken by the native Alaskan Alutiiq people and kept as a slave.

Strong and brave warriors could have concubines from among their kalgi, that is, female war captives. Children, born of such captives were not accounted as kalgi.

When Shelikhov arrived on Kodiak many kalgi, in hope of a better fate, crossed over to the Russians.

One of a set of conjoined igloos that form an apartment-like arrangement.

The kalgi had low roofs, just taller than a man, but they were very wide.