Folk costume#Africa

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{{Western dress codes|supplementary}}

Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing of an ethnic group, nation or region, and expresses cultural, religious or national identity. An ethnic group's clothing may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress. Traditional clothing includes everyday 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 substituted without offense.See wikt:costume#Usage notes{{better source needed|date=January 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Reese |first1=Debbie |title=The word "costume" and American Indians |url=https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2007/05/word-costume-and-american-indians-when.html |website=American Indians in Children's Literature |date=15 May 2007 |access-date=9 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Arce |first1=Isis |title=Native Regalia is NOT a Costume! |url=https://voicesofnativeyouth.com/native-regalia-is-not-a-costume/ |website=Voices of Native Youth |date=4 February 2019 |access-date=9 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Higgins |first1=Julissa |title=Opinion: Why It's Time to Stop Using the Word "Garb" |url=https://www.fashionstudiesjournal.org/notes/2018/5/7/opinion-why-its-time-to-stop-using-the-word-garb |website=The Fashion Studies Journal |date=7 May 2018 |access-date=9 November 2023}}

Following the rise of romantic nationalism{{cite encyclopedia |title=Dress, design: Introductory survey essay|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe|year=2022|last1=Martinez|first1= Gimeno|last2= Leerssen|first2=Joep|publisher=Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms|location=Amsterdam|id= |url=https://ernie.uva.nl/viewer.p/21/56/object/122-160800|access-date=November 7, 2023}} in parts of Europe, pre-industrial peasantry came to serve as ideals for genuinity and desirability. Garments evoking peasant dress were made from traditional pre-industrial textiles.

In regions where Western dress styles are common, traditional garments are often worn during special events or celebrations. International events may cater to non-Western attendees with a compound dress code such as "business suit or national dress".

In some contemporary societies, traditional garments are required by sumptuary laws. For example, in Bhutan the {{lang|dz|italic=no|driglam namzha}} mandates what citizens should wear in public spaces.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.in/magazine-story/bhutans-queen-mother-sangay-choden-wangchuck-on-weaves-in-everyday-life/|title=Bhutan's Queen Mother Sangay Choden Wangchuck on weaves in everyday life|last=Shah|first=Shalini|website=Vogue India|date=October 31, 2016|access-date=November 3, 2023}} Bhutanese citizens must wear the traditional clothing of the Ngalop people, including a {{lang|dz|gho}} and {{lang|dz|kera}} for men and a {{lang|dz|kira}} and {{lang|dz|wonju}} for women,{{cite web|url=https://www.dailybhutan.com/article/driglam-namzha-why-the-bhutanese-do-what-they-do|title=Driglam Namzha: Why The Bhutanese Do What They Do|last=Lhamo|first=Passang|website=Daily Bhutan|date=April 2, 2019|access-date=November 3, 2023}} including for official business, schools and institutions, and official occasions and assemblies.{{cite book |last=Altmann |first=Karin |title=Fabric of Life - Textile Arts in Bhutan: Culture, Tradition and Transformation |date=2016 |publisher=De Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-042861-2 |location=Berlin, München, Boston |pages=30–32 |doi=10.1515/9783110428612}} These restrictions apply when people are in or near "monastic fortresses ({{lang|dz|dzong}}), monasteries ({{lang|dz|gompa}}) and temples ({{lang|dz|lhakhang}}), and government buildings. Karin Altmann, a textile art scholar, describes the intent behind this law "to prevent specific features of Bhutanese culture from disappearing," and "to emphasize national identity", but it has contributed to conflict due to the ethnic and cultural diversity of Bhutan.{{cite journal |title=Lhotshampas |url=https://minorityrights.org/minorities/lhotshampas/ |website=Minority Rights |date=6 May 2020 |access-date=10 November 2023}}

Africa

=Central Africa=

  • Cameroon{{cite web |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Saheli |title=Anthropology in Fashion: Cultural Clothing in Central Africa |url=https://www.yoair.com/blog/anthropology-in-fashion-cultural-clothing-in-central-africa/ |website=YOAIR Blog |access-date=8 November 2023}}{{cite web |title=Traditional Tuesday: Cameroon edition |url=https://nenefashion.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/traditional-tuesday-cameroon-edition/ |website=Nene Fashion |date=4 March 2015 |access-date=8 November 2023}} – {{lang|fr|pagne}}, kabba, head tie (female), toghu, {{lang|fr|boubou}}, kwa, gandura (male); dress is highly dependent on region and ethnicity.
  • Central African Republic – {{lang|fr|Pagne}}, {{lang|fr|boubou}}
  • Chad – {{lang|fr|Boubou}}, {{lang|ar|jalabiya}}, {{lang|fr|pagne}}
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo – {{lang|fr|Pagne}}, Liputa style of dress, kuba cloth
  • Equatorial GuineaPano
  • Gabon – {{lang|fr|Pagne}}, {{lang|fr|boubou}}, Abacost suit{{cite news |last1=Rabimov |first1=Stephan |title=Gabon's 'Heritage' On Display At The New York Fashion Week: Men's |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanrabimov/2017/07/12/gabons-heritage-on-display-at-the-new-york-fashion-week-mens/?sh=2b44c3ef30d8 |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=Forbes|date=July 12, 2017}}
  • Republic of the Congo – {{lang|fr|Pagne}}, {{lang|fr|boubou}}
  • São Tomé and PríncipePano, {{lang|fr|boubou}}

=Eastern Africa=

=Northern Africa=

=Southern Africa=

=Western Africa=

Americas

=Central America and Caribbean Islands=

=Northern America=

=Southern America=

Asia

=Central Asia=

=Sinosphere=

  • China proper – transethnically Mao suit (men) and Qipao (women)
  • Han ChineseHanfu (shenyi, ruqun, shanku), also Manchu-inspired clothing (tangzhuang, qipao, changshan).Many stereotypes that foreigners have regarding Chinese folk costume (and other customs) actually come from only the Han Chinese.
  • Taiwanese indigenous peoples – traditional garments such as the ibibogo (men's daily jacket) and dalabu (women's daily top) (Rukai),{{cite web |title=The Clothing of Taiwan's Indigenous People– Men and Women's Clothes |url=https://culture.teldap.tw/culture/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=153 |website=Digital Taiwan - Culture & Nature |access-date=10 November 2023}} the pearl-adorned shirts and skirts of the Tayal,{{cite web |title=Dress and Dressing Up |url=https://tme.ncl.edu.tw/en/old-photographs/faces-of-the-century-part-ii/%E6%9C%8D%E9%A3%BE%E8%88%87%E8%A3%9D%E6%89%AEen |website=Taiwan Memory Exhibition |publisher=National Central Library |access-date=10 November 2023}} and the hundred-pace viper design of the Bunun.{{cite web |title=Bunun |url=https://www.cip.gov.tw/en/tribe/grid-list/7F4BACB58C965B51D0636733C6861689/info.html?cumid=D0636733C6861689 |website=Council of Indigenous Peoples | date=20 December 2010 |access-date=10 November 2023}}
  • JapanWafuku: kimono, junihitoe, sokutai
  • Fukuoka PrefectureMizu happi and shime-komi
  • HokkaidoAinu clothing, such as a tepa, a sacred belt called raun kut or upsoro kut, a konci (hood), hos (leggings), and grass skin jackets like tetarabe and utarbe; ceremonial garments include a sapanpe and a matanpushi
  • RyukyuRyusou
  • OkinawaKariyushi shirt
  • KoreaHanbok (South Korea) or chosŏn-ot (North Korea)

=North Asia=

  • Russia (Urals, Siberian Federal District, and Far Eastern Siberia) – Clothing of Siberian nationalities (Buryats, Yakuts, Altai people, amongst others)
  • Buryatia and Tuva – {{transliteration|mn|Deel}}
  • Altai Republic — {{transliteration|alt|ton}} (fur coat), {{transliteration|alt|sürü börük}} (cap), {{transliteration|alt|kaptal}} (overcoat), and the {{transliteration|alt|chegedek}} (Altai-Kizhi) or {{transliteration|alt|chedek}} (Telengits), a sleeveless cloak historically the daily and ceremonial wear of married women, now worn only as bridal attire or during festive occasions{{cite journal |last1=Hejzlarová |first1=Tereza |title=Traditions and Innovations in the Clothing of Southern Altaians |journal=Annals of the Náprstek Museum |date=2019 |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=13–17 |doi=10.2478/anpm-2019-0002 |s2cid=208534450 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337089399 |access-date=2 December 2023|doi-access=free }}
  • Mongolia (both outer and inner) – Deel
  • Manchuria (Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces, China) – Qizhuang (changshan, magua)

=South Asia=

=Southeast Asia=

=West Asia=

Europe

{{Western dress codes}}

=Balto-Slavic Europe=

=South Germanic Europe=

  • Austria – Each state has a specific design on national costume; the most famous is that of Tyrol, consisting of the characteristic Tyrolean tracht and dirndls.
  • BelgiumBleu sårot (Wallonia)
  • Germany – Every state has its own specific design of a regional costume (Tracht). For example, Bavaria's well-known tracht: Lederhosen and Dirndl. Many stereotypes that foreigners have regarding German folk costumes (as well as other customs) actually come from the state of Bavaria.
  • Hungary – elements of Hungarian folk costumes include pendely (linen underskirt), gatya (pleated skirt-like pants), elejbőr (sheepskin vest-like item), kacagány (fur pelt), and ködmön (sheepskin coat){{cite magazine|last=Béni|first=Alexandra|date=January 18, 2018|title=Get to know the invaluable Hungarian folk costumes|url=https://dailynewshungary.com/get-know-invaluable-hungarian-folk-costumes/|magazine=Daily News Hungary|access-date= November 3, 2023}}
  • LiechtensteinTracht, Dirndl
  • Netherlands – Many areas, villages, and towns used to have their own traditional style of clothing. In the 21st century, only a few hundred people still wear traditional dresses and suits on a daily basis. They can be found mainly in Staphorst (about 700 women), Volendam (about 50 men) and Marken (about 40 women). Most well-known parts of Dutch folk costumes outside the Netherlands are probably the Dutch woman's bonnet and klompen.
  • North Brabantpoffer
  • Switzerland – Every canton has a specific design of national dress.
  • German-speaking Cantons – Appenzell, Bern and Zug

=Northern Europe=

=Graeco-Latin Europe=

Oceania

=Australia and New Zealand=

=Melanesia=

  • FijiSulu, chamba (sulu i ra), tapa cloth (called masi), i-sala, kuta (specifically in the village of Dama, Bua Province), bula; saree, shalwar kameez, and other Indo-Fijian traditional and religious clothing originating in South Asia{{cite web|url=https://thinkpacific.com/fijians-of-indian-descent-clothing/|title=Fijians of Indian Descent – Clothing|author=|date=|website=Think Pacific|publisher=Think Pacific Limited|access-date=November 7, 2023}}
  • New CaledoniaManou, robes mission{{cite web|url=https://www.ardici.nc/en/buy-what-and-where|title=Check out our iconic products: Mother Hubbard dresses|author=|date=|website=Ardici|publisher=Ardici: Artisanat de Nouvelle-Calédonie|access-date=November 7, 2023}}
  • Papua New GuineaMeri blaus, lap-lap, koteka, bilum (traditional string bags),{{cite news|last=McDonald|first=Hamish|date=January 18, 2023|title=Papua New Guinea's 'bilums' weave together function, fashion|url= https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Tea-Leaves/Papua-New-Guinea-s-bilums-weave-together-function-fashion|work=Nikkei Asia|location=Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea|access-date=November 7, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://archives.anu.edu.au/exhibitions/marie-reay-papua-new-guinea-exploring-cultures-through-objects/weaving-and-clothing|title=Weaving and clothing|author=|date=|website=archives.anu.edu.au|publisher=Australian National University|access-date=November 7, 2023}} grass covers
  • Solomon IslandsTapa cloth,{{cite web|url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/1948|title=Tapa: Pacific Style - Solomon Islands tapa|author=|date=|website=tepapa.govt.nz|publisher=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|access-date=November 7, 2023}}{{cite news|author=|date=March 5, 2008|title=Traditional Tapa Valued in Tikopia |url= https://www.solomontimes.com/news/traditional-tapa-valued-in-tikopia/1441|work=Solomon Times|location=Honiara, Solomon Islands|access-date=November 7, 2023}} grass skirts, kap-kap,{{cite web|url=https://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/solomons/jewelry.htm|title=Solomon Islands jewelry|last1=Leigh|first1=Carolyn|last2=Perry|first2=Ron|date=|website=Art-Pacific.com|access-date=November 7, 2023}} breastplates (called tema, tambe, or tepatu),{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313708|title=Breastplate (Tema, Tambe, or Tepatu)|author=|date=|website=metmuseum.org|publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|access-date=November 7, 2023}} kabilato, aba obi (women), fo'osae (men){{cite magazine |last=Burt|first=Ben|date=March 1990|title=Kwara'ae Costume Ornaments|url=https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/kwaraae-costume-ornaments/|magazine=Expedition Magazine|volume=32|issue=1|access-date=November 7, 2023}}
  • Vanuatu{{cite journal |last=Cummings|first=Maggie|date=2013|title=Looking Good: The Cultural Politics of the Island Dress for Young Women in Vanuatu|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/20074229.pdf|journal=The Contemporary Pacific|volume=25|issue=1|pages=33–65|doi= 10.1353/cp.2013.0007|hdl=10125/32890 |s2cid=145598013 |access-date=November 7, 2023}}Aelan dress, lap-lap

=Micronesia=

=Polynesia=

Gallery

=Africa=

File:Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations (1920) (14761783621).jpg|Modern illustration of an Ancient Egyptian men's tunic in a style popularized in the New Kingdom

File:Egyptian musicians.jpg|Egyptian musicians wearing galabiyat

File:Sefseri.JPG|Traditional Tunisian clothing, including safasir

File:Traditional gandoura.jpg|Traditional gandoura, also called djebba fergani, from Algeria

File:Moroccan women wearing takchita (1939).jpg|Moroccan women wearing takshita in 1939

File:Dashiki and kufi (cropped).jpg|A drummer wearing a dashiki in Accra, Ghana

File:Nigerian women.jpg|A group of Nigerian women wearing pagne

File:A Yoruba man garbed in traditional clothing (2).png|A Yoruba man in a traditional agbada

File:Togho 03.jpg|Toghu or tugh, the official traditional regalia of Cameroon

File:Traditional Eritrean dance.jpg|Tigrinya women dancing in traditional zurias in Eritrea

File:Beauty of Oromia.jpg|Variety of cultural dress of the Oromo people in Ethiopia

File:Kitenge outfit.jpg|A kitenge dress from Kenya

File:Maasai Woman Meeyu Sale Wearing her Finest.jpg|A Maasai woman in her finest clothes

File:Baganda people in their cultural outfits. men put on Kanzu, and ladies Ggomeesi.jpg|Baganda people in their cultural outfits. Men put on Kanzu, and ladies Ggomeesi in Uganda

File:Rwandan dancers.jpg|Rwandan dancers wearing imishanana

File:Chitenge, Malawi.jpg|Malawian women wearing kitenge fabric

File:Mozambique 01200 (5054130545).jpg|Mozambican woman wearing a capulana

File:ZULU TRADITIONAL ATTIRE.jpg|Zulu traditional attire in South Africa

File:Parade of Basotho women.jpg|Basotho women wearing traditional blankets in Lesotho

File:2008-02-09 Xhosa women.jpg|Xhosa women wearing Shweshwe fabric in South Africa

File:Kanmtole dance 2.jpg|Kamntole clothes in Seychelles

File:Sakalava Cuillères.jpg|A Sakalava musician in Madagascar wearing a traditional lamba

=Asia=

File:Cylinder seal,ca. 18th–17th century B.C. Babylonian.jpg|Examples of ancient Babylonian dress

File:Ancient Times, Assyrian. - 004 - Costumes of All Nations (1882).JPG|Ancient Assyrian clothing

File:Dishdasha.jpg|Gulf Arabs wearing traditional {{transliteration|ar|'athwaab}} and culturally-specific headwear in Oman

File:Yemenite Gargush.jpg|Traditional Yemenite Jewish gargush

File:Be Respectful, Dress Locally, Yemen (12768689584).jpg|Yemeni women wearing {{transliteration|ar|abayat}}

File:Ramallah woman 15029v.jpg|Woman from Ramallah wearing traditional Palestinian dress, including a {{transliteration|ar|taqsireh}} and {{transliteration|ar|smadeh}} (c. 1929–1946)

File:Armenian traditional clothing.jpg|Armenian women wearing arkhaligs

File:Azerbaijani girls in kelaghayi.jpg|Traditional Azerbaijani dress, including kelaghayi

File:Iranian family,gathered together wearing traditional clothes - Nishapur - Nowruz2014.JPG|An Iranian family celebrating Nowruz in their traditional ethnic attire

File:Afghan children wearing traditional clothes in Kabul.jpg|Afghan children wearing traditional clothes in Kabul

File:روز فرهنگ بلوچ در ایالت بلوچستان شهر کویته.jpg|A group of Baloch men wearing traditional dress, including Balochi shalwar kameez

File:Cultural costume.jpg|A variety of cultural clothing from across India, but common throughout the Indian subcontinent, including lehengas, cholis, salwar kameez, and dupatta

File:Bride of Bangladesh (06).jpg|A Bangladeshi bridal handloom sari

File:Thai Beauties in folk costume Festival dell'Oriente 2017 Italy.jpg|Thai traditional dress

File:2 Malay girls in baju kurung.jpg|Two Malay women wearing Baju Kurung

File:Centre national de la soie (Artisans dAngkor). (2517376127).jpg|Cambodian Sompot Chong Kben

File:Sishenao2.jpg|Vietnamese traditional {{transliteration|vi|áo ngũ thân}}

File:Traditional Vietnamese dress.jpg|Hmong girls in Vietnam wearing traditional dress

File:Aesan Gede Songket Palembang.jpg|Indonesian girl wearing traditional Palembangese {{transliteration|id|songket}}

File:Maria Clara Gown.jpg|A two Filipina wearing a Maria Clara gown or traje de mestiza 1899

File:Tribu Tinabuay of Murcia.jpg|Visayan women wearing Baro't saya featuring their skirt patadyong while performing in festival dance

File:08.15 總統出席「2016三地門鄉聯合收穫祭」 (28706865630).jpg|Paiwan and Rukai people in Sandimen, Pingtung County, Taiwan celebrate a harvest festival in traditional dress

File:Indigenous group dancers at Amis Music Festival 2016 IMF0936.jpg|Amis/Pangcah tribe members (from the Fata'an group) performing a group dance at the 2016 Amis Music Festival in Dulan, Taiwan

File:Women of Beijing at Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (3).jpg|An example of traditional dress in China

File:Tenpyousai1.jpg|Women wearing {{transliteration|zh|ruqun}} in China

File:National costume Mongolia 1.jpg|National costume of Mongolia ({{transliteration|mn|deel}})

File:Tuvans Horse riding.jpg|Tuvan horse-riders wearing {{transliteration|mn|deel}}

File:Hanbok (female and male).jpg|A woman and man wearing traditional Korean {{transliteration|ko|hanbok}}

File:Women in kimonos, Nibanchō Street, Kanazawa, 2016.jpg|Japanese women wearing Kimono

=Europe=

File:Delos House of Cleopatra.jpg|Statues of a woman and man wearing Ancient Greek himation

File:Traditional women's costume 7.jpg|An example of Greek folk dress

File:Turkish folk dancer with traditional costume.jpg|Turkish folk dancer in traditional dress

File:Bulgarian folk costume.jpg|Bulgarian traditional folk costume

File:Romanian teens in traditional clothes are dancing.jpg|Romanian teens in traditional dress

File:Hungarian Dresses.jpg|Hungarian women in folk dress

File:Hontianska parada 2003-DSC01192.JPG|A traditional Slovak {{lang|sk|kroj}}

File:Diandlgwand.jpg|Young women in German {{lang|de|dirndls}}

File:43. TKB - Beskid z Bielska-Białej 08.JPG|A man and woman wearing regional Łowicz-style folk dress in Poland

File:Russian folk dress (VMDPNI) 01a by shakko.jpg|An example of Russian festive folk dress, including a {{lang|ru|rubakha}} (shirt), {{lang|ru|poneva}} (skirt), {{lang|ru|perednik}} (apron), and {{lang|ru|platok}} (shawl)

File:Traditional Lithuanian dress.jpg|Girls wearing regional Aukštaičių-style folk dresses in Kaunas

File:KinsarvikBunad.jpg|Norwegian woman wearing {{lang|no|bunad}}

File:Faroese folk dance club from vagar.jpg|Faroese folk dance club with some members in national costumes

File:Kilt&Sporran.jpg|A modern Scottish kilt and sporran

File:Morris dancers in Midhurst 01.jpg|English dancers wearing Morris folk dress

File:FIL 2009 - Coiffes bretonnes - bigoudènes - cercle ar vro vigoudenn.JPG|Traditional Breton headwear worn by women and girls

File:Zamarra.jpg|Man wearing a {{lang|eu|zamarra}}, a sheepskin coat traditionally worn by Basque shepherds

File:Jerez spanien folklore.jpg|Andalusian women wearing {{lang|es|trajes de flamenca}}

File:Faldetta 1.jpg|Example of a traditional Maltese {{lang|mt|għonnella}}, or {{lang|mt|faldetta}}, once ubiquitous in Malta but no longer worn today

File:The Ciociara, young woman in Ciociaro costume (c.1869), by Cletofonte Preti.jpg|A young Italian woman in traditional Ciociaro dress (c.1869)

=North America=

File:Inuit Amautiq 1995-06-15.jpg|Two Inuit women wearing {{transliteration|iu|amautiit}} (skirted style, akuliq) in Nunavut (1995)

File:Chief Anotklosh of the Taku Tribe in Juneau.jpg|Chief Anotklosh (Taku) wearing a Chilkat robe in Juneau, Alaska (c. 1913)

File:Alaska Native dancer wearing kuspuk.jpg|Alaska Native dancer performing in a {{lang|esu|kuspuk}}

File:Cowichan Sweater.jpg|Cowichan sweater featuring the Thunderbird design

File:Unidentified Plains Cree at a powwow in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan (18469335396).jpg|Unidentified Plains Cree at a powwow in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan

File:Capote for scout on raiding party, Siksika, early 1900s, wool from Hudson's Bay Company blanket, glass beads - Glenbow Museum - DSC01002.jpg|A Siksika Blackfoot capote; the capote is seen as the traditional coat of the Métis, some Prairie First Nations and French-Canadian Voyageurs

File:The Winnemem Wintu Chief (3812027389).jpg|Winnemem Wintu chief Caleen Sisk in traditional dress (2009)

File:Native American PowWow 9488.jpg|A modern-day Cheyenne dog soldier wearing a feathered headdress during a powwow at the Indian Summer festival in Henry Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee

File:Four students with guitar.jpg| Texan folk costume comprising cowboy hats, jeans and checked western shirts (c.1950).

File:Characters in costume at the Ulster American Folk Park - geograph.org.uk - 3630777.jpg|Ulster-American folk costume worn in a museum in Northern Ireland; Ulster Americans primarily lived in the Appalachian region

File:AmishFamilyNiagaraFalls.jpg|An Amish family in traditional plain dress

File:Quezquemetl.jpg|{{lang|nah|Quezquémetl}} of the Huasteca Potosina

File:CharroOutfitsNoreste18.JPG|China Poblana dress, emblematic of Puebla and sometimes considered the national costume of Mexico

File:Traje tehuana.jpg|Dancers wearing traditional tehuana of Oaxaca

File:Jeunes femmes mayas.jpg|Young Mayan women in traditional dress in Antigua, Guatemala

File:Mujeres de Nebaj, Guatemala 2013.jpg|Mayan folk clothing in Guatemala

File:Huipil, skirt, belt (c.1950), shawl, Ixil Maya, Nebaj, mid to late 20th century, cotton - Textile Museum of Canada - DSC01351.JPG|An Ixil {{lang|nah|huipil}} tunic with a skirt, belt, and shawl (mid to late 20th century)

File:Nuestros Angeles de El Salvador.jpg|Pipil women dancing in the traditional Procession of Palms in Panchimalco, El Salvador

File:Pollera Panama Madre e Hija.jpg|Two women wearing {{lang|es|pollera}} in Panama

File:Mujeres de la etnia Emberá.jpg|Emberá women in a parade in Chitré, capital of Herrera Province, Panama

File:Charles Camilla Jamaica 2008.jpg|Women wearing the quadrille dress, greeting the British royal family in Jamaica

File:Mobeye-ÉtéDesVilles-Guadeloupe-827.jpg|A woman wearing a traditional Guadeloupean dress

=Oceania=

File:Noongar traditional dancers, Perth, Australia.jpg|Noongar traditional dancers in Perth, Australia

File:00 2449 Maori, indigenous people of New Zealand.jpg|Māori man wearing a korowai and piupiu

File:The Challenge.jpg|A kapa haka performing the warrior challenge in traditional piupiu at the swearing in of the 21st Governor-General of New Zealand

File:Poi-manutuke.jpg|Māori poi performance in traditional dress

File:High school students wearing puletasi.jpg|Samoan women wearing puletasi

File:Woman in Lavalava (29927610794).jpg|A Samoan woman wearing a lavalava in Apia

File:Polynesian Cultural Center - Canoe Pageant (8328364423).jpg|Samoan canoe performers in traditional dress

File:Kailao.jpg|Tongan college students performing the kailao dance (1988)

File:Marriage mat.jpg|Tongan newlyweds wearing their wedding taʻovala

File:Tupenu01.JPG|Young boys wearing traditional Tongan tupenu

File:Festal Hawaiian dancers 02.jpg|Hawaiian musicians wearing traditional dress, including a muumuu

File:Hula Kahiko Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 02.jpg|Hula kahiko performance at the pa hula in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

File:Tahitian woman in festive costume ca 1906.jpg|Tahitian woman in festive regalia (ca 1906)

File:Rapanookee vona.jpg|Traditional music, dance, and dress of the Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

File:Ulithi-Dancers.jpg|People performing a welcome ceremony in traditional dress on the Ulithi atoll

File:Yapese men dancers in traditional dress celebrating Yap Day.jpg|Yapese men in traditional dress celebrating Yap Day

File:Palauan mother 1st baby ceremony.jpg|Traditional dress during a ceremony in Palau to celebrate a first time mother

File:Femmes kanak2.jpg|Kanak women wearing Robes mission

File:Huli wigman.jpg|Huli Wigman from Papua New Guinea in festive regalia

File:Fiji (9476712582) (2).jpg|Examples of traditional dress in Fiji

File:Landdiving7.jpg|Men wearing traditional nambas during a N'gol ceremony on Pentecost Island, Vanuatu (1992)

=South America=

File:Panama-Kuna 0605a.jpg|Guna women wearing Molas

File:Kunawoman.jpg|A Guna woman wearing a Mola

File:Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 60005741 Creoolse vrouw in kotomisi.jpg|A Surinamese woman wearing the traditional koto (c. 1910)

File:Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 10019375 Portret van een Marron vrouw voor haa.jpg|Maroon woman wearing a pangi in Suriname (ca. 1900–1910)

File:Guajiran artisans.jpg|Wayuu women in the Guajira Peninsula, which comprises parts of Colombia and Venezuela

File:Guambia, Colombia.jpg|Guambía people relaxing in Colombia

File:Bailadores de cumbia.jpg|A Cumbia (Colombia) dancer holding a Sombrero vueltiao

File:Chaman Amazonie 5 06.jpg|Shaman of the Cofán people from the Amazon rainforest in present-day Ecuador

File:Lideresa waorani Alicia Cahuiya.jpg|Alicia Cawiya, vice-president of the Huaorani Nation of Ecuador, in traditional dress

File:Taquile Inselfest Frauen.JPG|Quechua women in festive dress on Taquile Island on western Lake Titicaca in Peru

File:Andean Man.jpg|A Peruvian man in traditional dress

File:Mapuche.jpg|A Mapuche man in present-day Chile

File:Gauchowheat edit2.jpg|A Chilean huaso man wearing a chupalla and manta, or chamanto (1940)

File:Mujeres mapuches en la entrega terreno a Comunidad Mapuche Lorenzo Quintrileo de Tirúa.jpg|Mapuche women from Tirúa (2015)

File:Pongo 0436b.jpg|An Indigenous woman in traditional dress near Cochabamba, Bolivia

File:Memorial das baianas - 20.jpg|Baiana dress from Brazil

File:SalvadorDaBahiaBahianDress.jpg|Women wearing baiana dresses in Salvador, Bahia

File:Enawene-nawe 1257a.JPG|Enawene Nawe man from Mato Grosso

File:Pataxo002.jpg|Pataxó man at the ninth edition of the Indigenous Peoples Games in Brazil

File:Terena006.jpg|Young Terena woman at the closing ceremony of the Indigenous Peoples Games in Brazil

File:Índios da etnia Kuikuro.jpg|Kuikuro men at the closing ceremony of the ninth edition of the Indigenous Peoples Games in Brazil

File:Macri con Félix Diaz.jpg|Félix Díaz, a Qom leader, meets with Argentina President, Mauricio Macri wearing traditional dress

File:Gauchito salteño argentino.jpg|Argentinian man wearing Gaucho clothes

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