The classical Manipuri dance features unique costumes. The women characters are dressed like a Manipuri bride, in "Potloi" costumes, of which the most notable is the "Kumil". A "Kumil" is an elaborately decorated barrel shaped long skirt stiffened at the bottom and close to the top. The decorations on the barrel include gold and silver embroidery, small pieces of mirrors, and border prints of lotus, Kwaklei orchid, and other items in nature. The "Kumil" may be an adaptation of "Fanek" (or "Phanek") – a tighter sarong-like wear which is used in more vigorous dances and by male characters. The "Kumil" is bordered at the top with undulating gauzy translucent top skirt shaped like an open flower, and tied in "Trikasta" or three places around the waist (front, back and one side) with spiritual symbolism of the ancient Hindu texts. The upper body is dressed in a velvet blouse, the head covered in a white translucent veil, to symbolically mark elusiveness. The dancers do not wear bells on ankles as in other classical Indian dances, but like them Manipuri dance artists do adorn the face, neck, waist, hands and legs with round jewelry ornaments or flower garlands that flow with the dress symmetry. The symmetrical translucent dress, states Reginald Massey, makes "the dancers appear to float on the stage, as if from another world".