sarong
Noun
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A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago.
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In a later interrogation scene, set in a darkened office, a man dressed in a peasant’s shirt and sarong is placed calmly on a wooden table, before being garrotted from below by Anwar, who struggles earnestly to extinguish the man’s life.
They originate back in times when Thailand was in a constant state of war, where young men would tear off pieces of a loved one's clothing (often their mother's sarong) and wear it to battle for good luck as well as to ward off harmful spirits.
Men may wear a long-sleeved shirt with the sarong, while women wear a tight-fitting, short-sleeved jacket with a wrap-around called the cheeththaya.
Though they remain Hindu, the Chitties speak Bahasa Malaysia and women dress in sarong kebayas.
In 1603, an average quality sarong -sized cloth traded for eighteen kilograms of nutmeg.
Today, however, Vedda attire is more covering, men wear a short sarong extending from the waist to the knees, while the womenfolk clad themselves in a garment similar to the Sinhalese diya-redda which extends from the breastline to the knees.