Technically true, but India is a very big place. In Varanasi the simple sheet gathered and pleated by hand while being donned seemed usual, but in Delhi I had a shop owner ask if I wanted it sewn into a tube and fitted so all I had to do was step into it and pull it up. They were both referred to as lungi but perhaps there are different names for the same thing.Judah14 wrote:After looking at your slideshow, I would say that the Filipino malong (worn predominantly by Muslims) is different from your lungi as the malong is always a sewn tube of cloth not a simple sheet.Daryl wrote:Yes, countries like the Philipines definitely count too! I live in Canada and I have two lungi that I wear outside quite often. I discovered lungi in India. Anywhere westerners gather, try to sell them the local skirt, I say.
I write this sitting here in my thawb, which I bought in Toronto not India...