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• n  a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma

• I turned to find a large manlarge for a Burmese anywayincongruously dressed in a checked cotton lungi and a black leather jacket.
• Even now, Moslem soldiers in East Pakistan will snatch away a man's lungi (sarong) to see if he is circumcised, obligatory for Moslems; if he is not, it usually means death.
• They scorn the lungi, a Southeast Asian-style sarong worn by the Bengalis.

• lungyi
• longyi

News & Articles

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  May 4, 2014 - Connecticut Post

Quotes

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• Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in Independent Online
  Lungi (Sisulu) lived his life without fear. He chose to leave the comforts of his home and went to serve the African continent. He fought for a better life for Sudan until his last day,said Dlamini-Zuma.