All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 4 moreKanga
A light cotton wrap from East Africa framed with printed borders and Swahili proverbsCotton · Block print · Hand painting
🇮🇶 Iraq and 3 moreKaunakes
An ancient Mesopotamian wrapped skirt and mantle woven with tufted woolWool
🇮🇩 IndonesiaUlosᯥᯞᯘᯬ᯲
A traditional hand-woven Batak textile draped and gifted across North SumatraCotton
🇲🇿 MozambiqueCapulana
A versatile Mozambican wrapped cloth with historic trade roots and symbolic patternsChecks and stripes
🇰🇪 Kenya and 5 moreKitenge
A printed African wrap cloth worn around the waist or chest and used as everyday dressBatik
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreKembenꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦤ꧀
A shoulder-baring torso wrap from Java and Bali, wound from a length of kain clothBatik · Ikat
🇲🇷 Mauritania and 5 moreMelhfa
A cotton rectangle wound from head to toe against desert sun, sand and coldCotton · Embroidery
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 4 moreSbaiស្បៃ
A shawl-like breast cloth derived from the sari, worn over one shoulder in Southeast AsiaSilk · Embroidery · Brocade
🇧🇹 BhutanDumdyam
An ankle-length draped dress of smooth cotton or silk worn by Lepcha womenCotton
🇧🇩 BangladeshComilla khadi
Hand-spun, hand-woven cloth from Comilla, Bangladesh, once woven on pit loomsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaGaji
A coarse, durable handwoven cotton or silk fabric draped as a sari in winterCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaTarpaya
An ancient Indian fine silk or linen cloth worn as a ritual lower garmentSilk
🇵🇭 PhilippinesPatadyong
An indigenous wrap skirt and versatile tube garment woven in the PhilippinesChecks and stripes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRogan paintingरङ्गन्
Castor-oil paint drawn with a metal stylus to form mirrored patterns on fabricHand painting · Block print
🇵🇰 PakistanSaraiki ajrakسرائیکی اجرک
A block-printed geometric shawl worn across southern Punjab in PakistanBlock print
🇮🇳 IndiaVadhuya
An ancient bridal garment from Vedic India fashioned from cotton, wool, and hideCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaOnnara
A handloom cotton underwrap from Kerala, tied tight beneath the saree or munduCotton
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kanga: Petr Berka ( Petrberka ), Public domain, source
- Ulos: Boy Lawson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kaunakes: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 4.0, source
- Kemben: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sbai: Stephowz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kitenge: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Patadyong: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Capulana: Steve Evans, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rogan painting: Wiki-uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source