All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇳 IndiaShantiniketan batik
Hand-painted batik from Shantiniketan in Bengal, its colours mixed from leaf and barkBatik · Hand painting
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreSarongꦱꦫꦸꦁ
A wrapped tube of cloth worn at the waist, from the Malay world to Kerala and SomaliaCotton · Batik · Ikat
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLungiলুঙ্গি
A cloth tube or sheet tied at the waist, worn across South and Southeast AsiaCotton · Batik · Checks and stripes
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBatik Parang꧋ꦧꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦥꦫꦁ
A diagonal wave batik pattern from Java, steeped in royal philosophyCotton · Batik
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreResist dyeing
Cloth patterned by keeping dye off part of the fabric with wax, paste, ties or clampsIkat · Tie-dye
🇲🇲 MyanmarLongyiလုံချည်
A wrap of cloth worn in Myanmar, sewn into a tube and folded at the waistCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKebayaꦏꦼꦧꦪ
A front-opening blouse worn across Southeast Asia with a sarong or kainCotton · Embroidery · Batik
🇰🇪 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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sarong: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shantiniketan batik: Sumita Arup, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lungi: Laportechicago at English Wikipedia (Paul La Porte)., CC BY 2.5, source
- Kemben: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kitenge: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Longyi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Kebaya: Simon_sees, CC BY 2.0, source
- Batik Parang: Q100422095, Public domain, source
- Resist dyeing: Ardyansa Nugraha, CC BY-SA 4.0, source