Multan
 
 
bazaar stall selling household goods
 		 
  Those tasseled things hanging for sale are used by women, who entwine and braid them with their hair, making it appear thicker and longer and giving the braid weight and stability. The tassels swing gaily from one side to the other when the women walk. Rickshaw drivers often decorate their scooters with such ornaments and hair ribbons; I don't really know the exact implication of this custom, though it can be somewhat guessed at I think, considering how local society doesn't allow for much interaction between its male and female members. Such hair embellishments used to be very common on the Indian subcontinent, in Sri Lanka and Nepal. Nowadays they're somewhat out of fashion and not seen so much anymore.