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The national costume of Myanmar is the longyi (လုံချည်, Burmese pronunciation: [lòʊɴd͡ʑì]), an ankle-length wraparound skirt worn by both males and females. The longyi in its modern form was popularized during the British colonial period, replacing the traditional paso worn by men and htamein worn by women in pre-colonial times.
A man wearing taungshay paso in the late 1800s. The modern longyi, a single piece of cylindrical cloth, is a relatively recent introduction to Burma.It gained popularity during British colonial rule, effectively replacing the paso and htamein of precolonial times. [2]
The traditional outfit of the Pa'O consists of a turban, a white shirt, black or navy jacket and long black trousers for men. The women's traditional Pa'O outfit consists of five pieces: a blouse, a jacket, a longyi that covers the knees, a turban, and two large, conical shaped hair pins. Both men and women pin a Pa'O flag badge on to their jacket.
A man wearing a gaung baung in the traditional Shan style. The design of the modern Burmese gaung baung emerged in the mid-20th century and is called maung kyetthayay (မောင့်ကျက်သရေ). [1] It is a ready-made gaung baung made of cloth wrapped in a rattan frame and can be worn like a hat is worn.
The sixth book, Yangon Fashion 1979 – Fashion=Resistance, focused on pictures documenting the fashionable clothes of mostly young men and women in Yangon. All of these publications were designed and published in Myanmar and distributed both locally and internationally. [11]
Wearing "traditional" clothing was seen as a mode of passive resistance to the cultural infiltration among the Burmese. [11] British rule nonetheless influenced hair fashion and clothing. Cropped short hair, called bo ke ( ဗိုလ်ကေ ) replaced long hair as the norm among Burmese men.
Phawlone (Burmese: ဖော့လုံး, Burmese pronunciation: [pʰɔ̰lóʊɴ]) is an ornamental turban worn by Burmese men, worn as a rolled head band with a leaf-like protrusion at the back. In the pre-colonial era, the phawlone was worn by male members of the Burmese court.
If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress. Traditional clothing often has two forms: everyday wear, and formal wear. The word "costume" in this context is sometimes considered pejorative, as the word has more than one meaning, and thus "clothing", "dress", "attire" or "regalia" can be ...