Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about SARONG!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: a sarong or sarung (; meaning “string” or “to sheath” in Indonesian and Malay) is a large tube or length of fabric . the fabric often has woven malay men wear sarongs woven in a check pattern, women dyed in the batik method . in Javanese culture, the wearing of batik sarung is not restricted to women on the sarong is common wear for women, in formal settings with a kebaya blouse . men of all ethnicities and religions wear them in public only when attending friday prayers at the mosque . s tribal groups have their own style of unstitched izaar, which is locally woven . designs can be checkered or striped as well floral or arabesque, but double plaid designs from Indonesia are also very popular . tribal groups in northern Yemen each have their own design for their fah . they are generally worn open and unstitched in such a way that the garment does not reach over one’s ankles . other tube-stitched, as well as open sarongs, are both worn, even in formal dishdasha-wearing countries, as casual sleepwear and at home . a standard lungi measures 2.12 in Kerala, the brightly coloured sarongs are called kaily and the white ones are called mundu . the more formal, all-white dhoti is worn for formal and religious occasions . there the number of people wearing sarong as their primary public attire is on the decline in Sri Lanka . there is a trend toward adopting it as a fashionable garment or formal garment worn with national pride, only on special occasions the macawiis sarong is the most popular form of the garment in the region . designs range from checkered square motifs with watermarked diamonds and plaid to geometric lines . before the 1940s, most black macawiis are rare; they tend to be quite colorful . some vendors offer to sew them as a value-added service . the wrap is typically made of a thin, light fabric, often rayon western men who wear male sarongs are influenced by the Scottish kilt or lava-lava within the Polynesian or Samoan culture . in some cases, these techniques customarily differ according sarong ties give the wearer a little extra hold and security . a pin may be used, the fabric may be tightly tucked under itself in layers . in Madagascar it is called a lamba in Brazil “kangas” or “cangas” are used as swimwear by women . in Malawi it is called a chitenje. in Somalia they are called macawis In Mauritius they in the middle east, it is called “fouta” (Arabic: ) or “Meouaz” in Yemen . it is most often sewn into a large cylindrical shape, so there in South India it is called Veetti in Tamil, pancha in Telugu, panche in Kannada, and Mundu in Malayalam . in the Maldives, and Indian state of Kerala it is known as in Laos and Isan (northwestern Thailand) it is called a Sinh . in the Philippines it is generaly known as malong (in Mindanao), patadyong (in in the spanish colonial period, it evolved into a distinctive outer covering of the skirt for the baro’t saya . in the Pacific Islands In Fiji it is known as a sulu . in Papua New Guinea the Tok Pisin term is lap-lap. Worn by men and women . in the other lingua franca, Hiri Motu, it is called ” Dorothy Lamour is by far the actress most linked with the garment, designed by Edith Head . Lamour starred in multiple films of this genre, starting with The Hurricane in 1937 . other actresses to don the s male stars who wore the manly sarongs on film include Jon Hall, Ray Milland, Tyrone Power, Robert Preston, Sabu Dastagir and Ralph Fiennes in The Constant Gardener .