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2. Pareo - Wikipedia

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   A pāreu or pareo is a wraparound skirt worn on Tahiti. The term was originally used only for women's skirts, as men wore a loincloth , called a maro . Nowadays the term is used for any cloth worn wrapped around the body by men and women.

3. Lavalava - Wikipedia

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   A lavalava, sometimes written as lava-lava, also known as an ' ie, short for 'ie lavalava, is an article of daily clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples. It consists of a single rectangular cloth worn similarly to a wraparound skirt or kilt. [1] The term lavalava is both singular and plural in the Samoan language.

4. Grass skirt - Wikipedia

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   Grass skirts were introduced to Hawaii by immigrants from the Gilbert Islands around the 1870s to 1880s [3] although their origins are attributed to Samoa as well. [4] [5] According to DeSoto Brown, a historian at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, it is likely Hawaiian dancers began wearing them during their performances on the vaudeville circuit of the United States mainland.

5. Pa'u riders - Wikipedia

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   This contact may have influenced the development of riding customs and dress among Hawaiian women. [2] Adele Kauilani Robinson Lemke as a Pa'u Rider in her long skirt, 1913 The Pa'u Queen of the 100th Anniversary Kamehameha Day Floral Parade. June 11, 2016. The term pāʻū means skirt in the Hawaiian language.

6. Tupenu - Wikipedia

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   Women dressed for a funeral, cooking for the mourners. The tupenu worn by men is wide enough to cover the body between the waist and knees, and long enough to wrap securely around the waist. For work and casual wear, any piece of cloth will do. On dress occasions, men will wear tupenu tailored like Western wrap skirts and made from suit ...

7. Puletasi - Wikipedia

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   The skirt is usually a wrap skirt or 'ie lavalava, with ties around the waist. [3] For formal occasions or performance, decorations of tapa cloth, woven flax or other material may be layered around the waist over the skirt. [4] In recent years, different styles and improvisations have been added.