The traditional clothes are disturbing

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The prime minister Justin Trudeau poses with his wife Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, and their children Ella-Grace and Xavier in front of the golden Temple, a sacred place of the sikh religion located in the indian city of Amritsar, in the State of Punjab, Wednesday.

Boris Proulx

Monday, 26 February, 2018 01:00

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OTTAWA | photos worthy of postcards of Trudeau wearing a set of clothes, traditional indian have toured the world, showing how the prime minister enjoys more than its predecessors trimmings local when he goes on a mission. His outfit is sometimes seen as a caricature, sometimes as a mark of respect.

One thing is for certain, this new way any canadian to make the diplomacy divides, as well as here in India. The choice of Mr. Trudeau to wear the kurta-pajama or sherwani, alternating with the suit and tie, has generated many comments, sometimes unflattering.

“Is it just me or this charm choreographed is a little pushed ? The Indians did’t dress like that every day, not even Bollywood “, for instance, has launched Omar Abdullah, the chief minister of the indian State of Jammu and Kashmir.

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The family has met, Tuesday, the actor of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Mumbai.

Critical

Justin Trudeau is returned, yesterday, for a mission of 8 days in India, of which a good number of them, during which he and his family have donned outfits that clash with the decorum usual in diplomacy.

“It sounds like a full week of clothes for a wedding “, has launched a journalist of india, Shivam Vij, on CBC. “This is adorable, but since it is everyday, he looks ridiculously overdressed. “

Ex-canadian diplomat in Pakistan, Bruce Mabley note that Stephen Harper or other ex-prime ministers have usually limited the wearing of local dress to the ceremonies.

Respect

“I hope [to dress in traditional clothes] this is not the new way of doing diplomacy. It is empty of substance […] it is a bit of canadian multiculturalism pushed to the extreme, ” he says.

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The prime minister, Justin Trudeau was holding in his arms his son Hadrien while performing a ritual with his family in the Akshardham temple in the indian city of Gandhinagar, in the State of Gujarat, Monday.

An anthropologist at the University of Montreal and expert on India, Karine Bates saw, on the contrary, an enhanced form of diplomacy, more sensitive to other cultures.

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Sophie Grégoire Trudeau visited a school of
Mumbai, Tuesday.

“In indian culture, it is important to take his family and dressed like them. At the diplomatic level, these are great strategies “, she believes.

Out of his personal wardrobe

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The Trudeau were cooked Wednesday vegetarian
indian after their visit to the golden Temple, a sacred place of the sikh.

Canadian taxpayers have not paid the invoice of the original clothes worn by the prime minister and members of his family during their trip to India.

“Some of these clothes were purchased and others were given to them,” says the press attaché to the prime minister, Eleanore Catenaro.

This type of clothing is collected by the prime minister to garnish her wardrobe always ready for cultural celebrations.

Come back with nothing

8 days in India Justin Trudeau and his ministers seemed not to have been sufficient to conclude agreements “structuring” between the two countries.

Only $ 250 million in investments by indian companies were announced on Tuesday.

“If you want to structure the bilateral investments, it takes an agreement,” tranche Serge Granger, a specialist on relations with India at the University of Sherbrooke.

One misstep, said one designer

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The family Trudeau posed for the media at the exit of the plane in the indian city of Ahmedabad, on Monday.

The clothing worn by the family Trudeau were a little too traditional for the taste of the famous fashion designer of india known internationally Raghavendra Rathore.

“It is obvious that her choice of ensemble is a faux-pas “, he answered in the Journal.

He would have preferred that Justin Trudeau, one of the leaders of the best dressed in the world, according to him, dressed in contemporary indian more ” sophisticated “.

A little too much, according to the canadian Indian

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The Trudeau took the habit during their trip to the namasté,
greeting divine indian performed by joining the hands together in front of chest.

“Well-chosen” for the one “a little too much” for others. The canadian Indian consulted by The Newspaper were not certain of the meaning to be given to the clothing of the prime minister.

“Mr. Trudeau has the right personality to wear this kind of clothing. But personally, I find that it is a little too much, ” says T. K. Raghunathan, president of the cultural centre indo-canadian Kabir of Montreal.

Others have hailed this choice as ” friendly local people “, as the president of the Association Canada-India, Jay Chadha.

It should be, however, that the ensembles worn during the trip are usually reserved for weddings and other festive ceremonies.

“I believe that his clothes have been well chosen. It is very well seen by the Indians, but especially by the Indians of Canada “, adds Vivek Dehejia, professor of indian origin at Carleton University in Ottawa.