Headgear for Use in Bharatnatyam

Abstract

A Bharatnatyam headgear comprising a wearable hair net, the hair net being pliable and expandable to be worn over a dancer's head and covering the head, the wearable hair net matching a color of the dancer's hair. A circular piece is affixed to the hair net. The circular piece is capable of being positioned in a middle of a forehead at a forward end of the hair partition of the dancer. A forehead piece is affixed to the hair net, the forehead piece extending in a horizontal direction capable of being positioned to coincide with a hairline in a left and right direction and extending at least beyond eyebrows of the dancer. A vertical piece is affixed to the hair net, the vertical piece being attached to the circular piece and extending across a middle of the head to cover the hair partition.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of putting on a makeup for Bharatnatyam using a headgear having
 a wearable hair net, the hair net being pliable and expandable to be worn over a dancer's head, and covering the head, the wearable hair net matching a color of the hair,   a circular piece affixed to the hair net, the circular piece capable of being positioned in the middle of the forehead at the end of the hair partition,   a forehead piece affixed to the hair net, the forehead piece extending in a horizontal direction capable of being positioned to coincide with the hairline in a left and right direction and extending at least beyond the eyebrows,   a vertical piece affixed to the hair net, the vertical piece being attached to the circular piece and extending across the forehead to cover the hair partition,   a moon piece affixed to the hair net on the left side of the vertical piece when facing the dancer, substantially shaped like a half moon,   a sun piece affixed to the hair net on the right side of the vertical piece when facing the dancer, the sun piece being circular in shape,   a leftside piece affixed to the hairnet extending from below the moon piece and extending to the left ear, the leftside piece ending in and attached to an earring piece which can be affixed to the left ear,   a rightside piece affixed to the hairnet extending from below the moon piece and extending to the left ear, the rightside piece ending in and attached to an earring piece which can be affixed to the right ear,   a plurality of hairpins affixed to the hair net, the plurality of hairpins being positioned to secure the hair net firmly with the hair,   an opening at the rear end of the hairnet, when facing the dancer, the opening facilitating a braid to pass through,   
       the method comprising:
 passing a hairbraid through the opening; 
 positioning the hair net and expanding the hairnet to cover the head; 
 positioning the circular piece in the middle of the forehead at the end of the hair partition, 
 positioning the forehead piece to coincide with the hairline in a left and right directions; 
 positioning the vertical piece to extend across the forehead to cover the hair partition, 
 positioning the moon piece on the left side of the vertical piece; 
 positioning the sun piece on the right side of the vertical piece, 
 positioning the leftside piece and attaching the left earring piece to the left ear, 
 positioning the rightside piece and attaching the right earring piece to the right ear, 
 attaching the plurality of hairpins to natural hair of the dancer. 
 
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein one or more circular artificial floral arrangements are affixed to the hairnet and above the opening. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein an artificial hair braid is affixed to the headgear. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  wherein a plurality of ornament pieces are attached to the artificial hair braid.