History of the Sarong

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Rochelle Bartholomew and on behalf of Expert Village, I would like to welcome you to this lesson on how to tie a sarong. I would like to give you some history on the sarong. Being a fashion history instructor, I thought I would start with the definition. A sarong is a traditional Malaysian Japanese wrap worn by the man and woman. It consist of a large sheet of fabric approximately 2 1/2 yards by a yard. It is usually made of cotton and painted or dyed bright colors to represent the tropics. It is wrapped and tied around the body of the waist or under the arms. The fabric is often brightly colored or printed with intricate patterns depicting animals, plants, checkered or geometric pattern or resembling the results of tie dying. Todays version of a sarong is usually worn by a woman as a wrap skirt at the beach. "