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Burma / Myanmar: Palaung man and women (noted for their wooden waist bands) at a market in Pindaya, Burma. The Palaung are an ethnic minority that is indigenous to northern Burma, but also has pockets of people in Thailand and China’s Yunnan Province. Mostly resident in Shan State, the Palaung have a population of about 500,000.
A longyi is a sheet of cloth widely worn in Burma. It is approximately 2 m (6½ ft.) long and 80 cm (2½ ft.) wide. The cloth is often sewn into a cylindrical shape. It is worn around the waist, running to the feet. It is held in place by folding fabric over, without a knot. It is also sometimes folded up to the knee for comfort. Similar garments are found in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Malay Archipelago. In the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, West Bengal, South India, and Sri Lanka), it is known variously as a lungi, longi, kaili or saaram.
The Palaung are an ethnic minority that is indigenous to northern Burma, but also has pockets of people in Thailand and China’s Yunnan Province. Mostly resident in Shan State, the Palaung have a population of about 500,000.
The Pindaya Caves, located next to the town of Pindaya, Shan State, Burma (Myanmar) are a Buddhist pilgrimage site and a tourist attraction located on a limestone ridge in the Myelat region. There are three 'caves' on the ridge which runs north-south, but only the southern cave can be entered and explored. It is not known whether the other two penetrate for any extended distance into the hillside.