Folk costumes

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a Vietnamese costume

The hanbok () is the traditional clothing of the Korean people.

thumb|right|A Dogras|Dogra dancer wears a dhoti, at a [[theatre in Jammu.]] The dhoti is an ankle-length breechcloth, wrapped around the waist and the legs, in resemblance to the shape of trousers. The dhoti is a garment of ethnic wear for men in the Indian subcontinent. The dhoti is fashioned out of a rectangular piece of unstitched cloth, of usually around in length.

thumb|Woman's white muslin dress with tiered flounces, Europe, c. 1855 Muslin () is a cotton fabric of plain weave. It is made in a wide range of weights from delicate sheers to coarse sheeting. It is commonly believed that it gets its name from the city of Mosul, Iraq.

expression of identity through costume, which is usually associated with a geographic area or a period of time in history

thumb|Vasily Tropinin, Lady from [[Podolia, before 1821. A woman in vyshyvanka]] thumb|Basic structure of garment

Hanfu (, lit. "Han Chinese clothing"), also known as Hanzhuang () or Han Chinese clothing, are the historical styles of Han Chinese clothing worn from the 2nd millennium BCE to 17th century AD. There are several representative styles of hanfu, such as the (an upper-body garment with a long outer skirt), the (an upper-body garment with a long underskirt), the and the , and the (an upper-body garment with ku trousers).

thumb|right|A traditional cotton kurta with wooden cuff-links-style buttons, centre placket opening with chikan, a style of embroidery from [[Lucknow, India ]]

The koteka (Mee, ), also referred to as a horim or penis gourd, is a penis sheath traditionally worn by native male inhabitants of some (mainly highland) ethnic groups in New Guinea. The koteka is normally made from a dried-out gourd, Lagenaria siceraria, although unrelated species such as pitcher-plant (Nepenthes mirabilis) are also used. The koteka is held in place by a small loop of fiber attached to the base of the koteka and placed around the scrotum. A secondary loop placed around the chest or abdomen is attached to the main body of the koteka.

thumb|upright|A couple wearing Miesbacher [[Tracht: The man is wearing traditional Bavarian lederhosen.]]

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upright=1.2|thumbnail|Peruchty in , Kingdom of Bohemia, 1910 ' or ' ('Bertha'; ), also commonly known as '''''' () and other variations, was thought to be a goddess in Alpine paganism in the Upper German and also Austrian and Slovenian regions of the Alps. Her name may mean 'the bright one' or 'the bearer' (, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz) and is probably related to the name , meaning 'the feast of the Epiphany'. Eugen Mogk provides an alternative etymology, attributing the origin of the name to the Old High German verb , meaning 'hidden' or 'covered'. The exact origin or time of origin is unkn

traditional Albanian clothing

thumb|Two guayaberas seen from the back, showing the alforza pleats and the Western-style yoke

thumbnail|Woman's bunad from Hardangerfjord. The headpiece, called a skaut, is worn by married women from Hardanger. Other headpieces are worn by Hardanger women, including beaded caps worn by young girls, and headband-like wraps worn by young unmarried women. (See also [[Hardangerbunad)]]

national dress for women in Bhutan

traditional Mongolian calf-length silk robe with long sleeves that buttons up the right side

thumb|upright=1.7|Re-enactors wearing at the Jidai Matsuri in 2011 thumb|alt=Two line drawings of a and a kimono. The has a long, wide collar, a wide, stout body, a roughly-triangular overlapping front panel and short, squat sleeves with a rounded edge. The kimono has wider, square-shaped sleeves, a thinner body, a shorter, thinner collar and a rectangular front panel intersected by the collar.|Comparison between a (left) and a modern-day kimono (right). right|thumb|alt=An annotated line drawing of a .| thumb|alt=A drawing of a woman sat on a tatami mat wearing a number of layered white and re

traditional dress of the various regions of Croatia

Decorative heart knot on male folk costume in Podhale region, Poland

thumb|Woman in the Black Forest, around 1900 thumb|Ludovico Wolfgang Hart, Three Girls of Gutach, 1864 thumb|Théodore Valerio, Couple of Hornberg, 1841

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traditional clothing of Erzya

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Traditional fabric from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

clothing style associated with punjabi people

Traditional costume of Azerbaijan

thumb|Khmer dancer wearing a samloy robab in the style of ''sampot sarobap ka'at kbal neak, or "sampot folded like the head of a naga".|alt= A sampot'' ( /sɑmpʊət/ ), a traditional dress in Cambodia. The traditional dress is similar to the dhoti of Southern Asia.).

national clothing of Thailand

thumb|right|The Kalabubu of South Nias. Kalabubu, sometimes spelled Kala bubu, is a torc (stiff circular necklace) worn by warriors of the people of South Nias of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Kalabubu symbolizes triumph in warfare and heroism. Wearing a kalabubu was believed to protect the wearer from harm. Kalabubu is popularly known as the "headhunter's necklace"; historically only those who already decapitated the head of the enemy tribes are allowed to wear the kalabubu.

type of sarong and shirt, traditional costume in Punjab

The takshita (Berber: ⵜⴽⵛⵉⵟⴰ, , alternate spellings: taqchita, tackshita, tackchita) is a Moroccan traditional women's garment that, like the Moroccan kaftan, is worn for celebrations, particularly weddings.

traditional dress of women in Suriname

thumb|Kroje from Horácko region

Armenian traditional clothing

The kaupinam, kovanam, kaupina, langot, or lungooty is a loincloth worn by men in the Indian subcontinent as underclothing. It is still commonly worn in South Asia by pehlwans (wrestlers) while exercising or sparring in a dangal. It is basically a rectangular strip of cloth used to cover the genitals, with strings connected to the four ends of the cloth, for binding it around the waist and between the legs. right|thumb|A pehlwan sports a langoti at an [[akhara]]

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right|thumb|A just married couple still in their wedding taovala right|thumb|Different types of taovala worn at funerals A taovala is an article of Tongan dress, a mat wrapped around the waist, worn by men and women, at all formal occasions, much like the tie for men in the Western culture. The taovala is also commonly seen among the Fijian Lau Islands, and Wallis island, both regions once heavily influenced by Tongan hegemony and cultural diffusion.

The pollera is a traditional skirt and ensemble with origins in Panama, Bolivia, and Peru, each region developing its own distinctive styles and cultural significance over time.

traditional clothing of Poland varies by region

traditional costume in North Macedonia

upper garments worn in South Asia

thumb|250px|Men wearing kanzus at a wedding in Kampala, Uganda. A kanzu is a white or cream coloured robe worn by men in the African Great Lakes region. It is referred to as a tunic in English, and as the thawb in Arab countries. The kanzu is an ankle or floor length garment. It serves as the national costume of Tanzania as well as the Comoros, where it is called a kandu as well as a thawb. The robe is also worn in some coastal Muslim regions of Tanzania and Kenya. The men of Uganda consider it their most important dress. Kanzu is a Ganda word of Swahili origin, which means "robe" or "tunic".

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folk attire of Podhale region

traditional Algerian women's costume

wrapped and draped pants of Southeast Asia

' (; also written with the characters《》; ), also called (), (), (), (), and ' (), is a type of (upper garment) for women in , the Korean traditional clothing, which was worn for ceremonial occasions (e.g. for minor ceremonies in the palace as soryebok (小禮服)) in the palace during the Joseon period. It was typically a garment item reserved for the upper class and commoners of this period would rarely see anyone in this garment. It was worn as a simple official outfit or for small national ceremonies while court ladies wore it as a daily garment.

thumb|Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (left), wearing a Jodhpuri suit, with [[Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, wearing a lounge suit]]

traditional clothing of Romanians

alt=The Daura-Suruwal, the national dress of Nepal|thumb|503x503px|The Daura-Suruwal, the national dress of Nepal Daura-Suruwal (दौरा सुरुवाल) is one of the national outfit of Nepalese men. The Daura is a variant of the Kurta and is the upper garment, the Suruwal is the trouser. The coat was added to the costume by Jang Bahadur Rana, a prime minister of Nepal in the 19th century. The outfit is also popular in Darjeeling in neighbouring India amongst people of Indian Gorkha origin.

thumb|300px|Women wearing Gomesi at a wedding in Kampala, Uganda.

romani traditional clothing

thumb|300px|right|The stucco relief discovered at the Khu Bua|Khu Bua archaeological site, which dates back to the 650-700 C.E. period of the [[Dvaravati culture, depicts four female figures wearing shawl-like garments.]]

crown worn by a bride at her wedding

thumb|right|300px|Rwandese dancers wearing mushananas The umushanana (in plural: imishanana) is the traditional clothing dress of women in Rwanda and Burundi.

traditional clothing of the Breton peoples of France