Sarong - Similar Garments

Similar Garments

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.

• Africa
  • In East Africa, it is called either a kanga (worn by African women), or a kikoy, traditionally worn by men and used with much simpler designs, however, it is used more frequently in high fashion.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.

See Kanga in fashion See Kikoy in fashion

• • 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.
• Indian subcontinent
  • In South India it is called a phanek or lungi. It is most often sewn into a large cylindrical shape, so there is no slit when the phanek or lungi is tied.
  • In India similar articles of clothing are the in Manipur, dhoti (or dhuti in West Bengali, veshtti 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, feyli or neriyathu.
  • In Punjab it is a called Chadra.
  • In Sri Lanka it is called Sarong in English and in Sinhalese it is known as the Sarama
• Southeast Asia
  • In Cambodia it is used as an alternative to sampot.
  • In Indonesia it is generally known as a kain sarung ('sarong cloth') except for in Bali where it carries the name 'Kamben'.
  • In Malaysia it is known as a kain, kain pelikat, kain sarung, kain tenun, kain batik, 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 Mindanao) or patadyong (in Visayan), often used as a cloth for making household "pang bahay" or outdoor shorts. A similar wrap-around worn by Tagalog women is called the saya or tapis, and is half of the Baro't saya.
  • In Thailand, it is known as a pa kao mah (Thai: ผ้าขาวม้า) for men and a pa toong (Thai: ผ้าถุง) for women.

• Pacific Islands
  • In Fiji it is known as a sulu.
  • In Hawaii it is referred to as "kikepa."
  • 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.