Sarong by Malaysian and similar things

A sarong or sarung (pronounced [ˈsaɾoŋ] in Malay, and IPA: /səˈrɒŋ/ in English) is a large sheet of fabric, often wrapped around the waist and worn as a skirt by men and women throughout much of south Asia:

• Bangladesh
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Bhutan
• India
• Maldives
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka

southeast Asia

• Brunei
• Cambodia
• East Timor
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

the Horn of Africa, and on many Pacific islands.

In Vietnam, it is not traditional costume. It is worn by Muslim, Hindi, some ethnic groups across VN.

Color and patterns
The fabric is often brightly coloured or printed with intricate patterns, often depicting animals or plants, checkered or geometric patterns, or resembling the results of tie dying.

Brightly coloured sarongs are used in Southeast Asian countries

Similar things

The basic garment known in English most often as a "sarong", sewn or unsewn, has analogs in many regions, where it shows variations in style and is known by different names.

In Africa:

• In Eastern Africa, it is called either a kanga (worn only by African women), or a kikoi (traditionally worn by African men). Kangas are brightly coloured lengths of cotton that incorporate elaborate and artistic designs and usually include the printing of a Swahili proverb along the hem. Kikois are also made from cotton, but the fabric is heavier than that of the kanga and their designs are much simpler, usually consisting of a single colour with striped borders along the edges.
• In Madagascar it is called a lamba.
• In Malawi it is called a chitenje.
• In Mauritius they are called pareos.
• In Mozambique it is called a capulana.
• In South Africa it is called a kikoi and commonly used as a furniture throw or for going to the beach.
• In Zimbabwe they are known as Zambias.

On the Indian subcontinent:

• In South Asia it is called a lungi. It is most often sewn into a large cylindrical shape, so there is no slit when the lungi is tied.
• In India similar articles of clothing are the dhoti (or dhuti in West Bengali, veshti in Tamil, pancha in Telugu,panche in Kannada and Mundu in Malayalam).
• In the Maldives, and Indian state of Kerala, it is known as a mundu or neriyathu.
• In Punjab it is a called maylee when worn by a man, and a gamcha when worn by a woman.
• In Sinhalese, it is known as the Sarama

In Southeast Asia:

• In Cambodia it is known as sampot suhrong, or simply suhrong.
• In Indonesia it is known as a kain sarung ('sarong cloth').
• In Malaysia it is known as a kain, kain pelikat, kain sarung, or kain sampin (specialised sarong worn by men with Baju Melayu).
• In Myanmar, it is known as a longyi.
• In the Philippines it is also known as a malong.

In the Pacific Islands:

• In Fiji it is known as a sulu.
• In Hawaii it is referred to by the Anglicized Tahitian name, pareo.
• In Papua New Guinea the Tok-Pisin term is lap-lap. Worn by men and women.
• In Rotuma, it is known as a "hạ' fạli"
• In Samoa it is known as a lavalava (also lava-lava).
• In Tahiti it is known as a pāreu.
• In Tonga it is known as tupenu.

Western World

In North America and Europe, the fabric of the sarong is generally quite light, often rayon, and may feature decorative fringing on two sides. They may also have ties, which are long thin strips of fabric used to assist the wearer in holding the sarong to his body so it does not fall off while moving around.

In North America and Europe, sarongs are often used by women as a cover-up over swimwear.

Sri lanka women wearing sarong