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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.