Sarong
A sarong is a large piece of cloth wrapped around the waist or body and worn as a skirt or dress, especially in South and Southeast Asia.
Pareo: A rectangular cloth wrapped as a skirt or dress, especially in Polynesia. Like a sarong, it becomes clothing through wrapping, but belongs to distinct Pacific traditions.
Kebaya: A fitted blouse worn in parts of Southeast Asia, often with a sarong or long wrapped cloth. The kebaya and sarong form a familiar paired outfit in Indonesian and Malaysian dress.
Austronesian peoples: A broad language family and its peoples, spread across Taiwan, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Madagascar. Sarong-like wrapped textiles are widespread across Austronesian-speaking societies.
Poleng: A black-and-white checked cloth used in Balinese Hindu settings to mark sacred objects and spaces. Sarongs made from poleng cloth can signal religious roles and ritual settings in Bali.
Lungi: A length of cloth wrapped around the waist and worn as a lower garment in South Asia and elsewhere. It shares the sarong’s wrapped form but is commonly associated with different regional dress practices.
Baju kurung: A loose-fitting traditional outfit worn in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and parts of Indonesia. Its skirt component is often a sarong or a similarly wrapped textile.
Malay world: A cultural and historical region shaped by Malay-speaking communities across maritime Southeast Asia. The sarong is strongly associated with clothing traditions throughout this region.
Kain samping: A waist cloth worn over trousers as part of traditional Malay formal dress. This sarong-like cloth conveys formality and cultural identity in Malay attire.
Batik: A textile-dyeing technique that uses wax to resist dye and create patterned cloth. Batik is a prominent way of decorating sarongs in Indonesia and neighboring regions.
Sampot: A traditional Cambodian lower-body garment made from a rectangular length of cloth. The sampot is a regional garment closely related in form to the sarong.