A sarong or a sarung is a large tube or length of fabric, often wrapped around the waist, worn in Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, and on many Pacific isl
Dutch military personnel wearing sarong, 1949
Three women wearing sarongs in 1905
Sundanese sarong weaver in Bandung, West Java, present-day Indonesia, 1900–1940
Sarung denotes a length of fabric as a garment.
The lungi is a clothing similar to the sarong that originated in the Indian subcontinent. The lungi, which usually multicoloured, is a men's skirt usually tied around the lower waist below the navel.
Sarong
…sarongs have printed designs, often depicting animals or plants. Different types of sarongs are worn in different places in the world, notably the lungi in the Indian subcontinent and the izaar in the Arabian Peninsula. The unisex sarong is typically longer than the men's lungi…
A boy in a village of Narail, Bangladesh wearing a lungi with simple twist knot
The border of a Bangladeshi lungi, showing the black & white reinforced weave border to minimize fraying
A Boatman in Bangladesh wearing a lungi in Ratargul Swamp Forest, Sylhet
Photo of lungi of Bangladesh. Its conventional measurement is 5 Hath (90") × 2.75 Hath (49.50"). Only one side is shown in the picture.