she was watching a documentary about the remote settlements of the amazon basin. then she realised that here was something familiar.
the male indigenous people were wearing kain pelikat. not one. not two. but all of them.
the same chequered patterns. in blues. greens. lilac. etc.
the universal sarong!
and to think that all these while she thought the sarong is synonymous only with asia, the pacific islands, the Malay archipelago, australia, new zealand.
actually the sarong is a basic piece of clothing worn by people from the hill tribes of east asia (taiwan, myanmar, thailand, laos, kemboja etc ) to the population of india, the Malay archipelago, the indigenous people (original) people of australia, new zealand, hawaii and the pacific atolls, people in central asia, south america, africa etc etc...
although the advent of 'westernised' apparel (jeans, shirts etc) has wreaked radical changes in the world's clothing style, the sarong remains.
because it is so very simple and so very versatile. and so comfortable too.
ask the hippies with their pareos!
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