Folk costume

Africa

Central Africa

• Cameroon – Pagne, Toghu
• Central African Republic – Pagne
• Democratic Republic of the Congo – Pagne
• Equatorial Guinea – Pano
• Gabon – Pagne
• Republic of the Congo – Pagne
• São Tomé and Príncipe – Pano

  Eastern Africa

• Burundi – Imvutano
• Comoros – Lesso, Kanzu
• Djibouti – Macawiis, Koofiyad, Dirac, Garbasaar ; the Afar people have their style of traditional clothing.
• Eritrea – Kidan Habesha, Zuria or Habesha kemis
• Ethiopia – Ethiopian suit or Kidan Habesha, Habesha kemis ; each ethnic group has a traditional style of dress.
• Kenya – Kenya is unique among African nations in that it is the only country that does not have a national costume. All tribes have their respective traditional garments, for example: Maasai traditional costume: Kitenge, Kikoi, Maasai beadwork
• Madagascar – Lamba
• Mauritius – Sega dress
• Rwanda – Mushanana
• Seychelles – Kamtole dress
• Somalia – Macawiis, Koofiyad, Dirac, Guntiino, Garbasaar
• Sudan – Jalabiyyah, Taqiyyah, and Turban, Toob, a cotton women's dress
• Tanzania – Kanzu and Kofia, Kanga
• Uganda – Kanzu and Kofia, Gomesi

  Northern Africa

• Algeria - Burnous, Caftan, Caftan El-Bey, Gandoura, Haïek, Jellaba, Mlaya, Sarouel
• * Bikhmar
• * Blouza
• * Chedda
• * Chemsa
• * Fergani
• * Gandoura Annabiya
• * Ghlila,, Sarouel Mdawer
• * Labsa M'zabia
• * Labsa Naïlia
• * Lefa we dlala
• * Melhfa Chaouïa
• * Melhfa Sahraouia
• * Qashabiya, Labsa Kbaylia
• * Sétif – Binouar
• * Labsa Touratia
• Egypt – Galabeya
• Libya – Jellabiya, Farmla, Fouta
• Morocco – Djellaba, Fez hat and Balgha, Takchita
• Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic – Darra'a, Melhfa Sahraouia
• Tunisia – Jebba, Chechia, Fouta

  Southern Africa

• Angola – Pano
• Lesotho – Shweshwe clothing and blankets, Mokorotlo
• Malawi – Chitenje
• Mozambique – Capulana
• Namibia – Herero traditional clothing
• South Africa –
• * Afrikaners and Rooineks: slouch hat, safari shirt, veldskoen, knee-high socks, khaki Bermuda shorts or trousers.
• * Sotho: Shweshwe clothing and blankets, Mokorotlo
• * Xhosa: Umbhaco
• * Zulu: Zulu crown
• Zambia – Chitenje
• Zimbabwe – Chitenje

  Western Africa

• Benin – Dashiki suit and Aso Oke Hat, Buba and wrapper set
• Burkina Faso – Batakari, Kaftan
• Cape Verde – Pano de terra
• Côte d'Ivoire – Kente cloth, Kente kaba and slit set
• Gambia – Boubou, Kaftan
• Ghana – Kente cloth or Ghanaian smock and Kufi, Kente kaba and slit set, Agbada
• Guinea – Boubou, Kaftan
• Guinea-Bissau – Ethnic clothes of Guinea-Bissau; for example: Fula: Boubou, Kaftan
• Liberia – Dashiki suit and Kufi, Buba and skirt set
• Mali – Grand boubou and Kufi, Kaftan
• Mauritania – Darra'a, Melhfa Sahraouia
• Niger – Babban riga, Tagelmust, Alasho, Kaftan
• Nigeria – Agbada, Dashiki or Isiagu and Aso Oke Hat, Buba and wrapper set
• Senegal – Senegalese kaftan and Kufi, Kaftan

  Asia

Central Asia

• Kazakhstan – Chapan, Kalpak, Saukele, Koylek
• Kyrgyzstan – Chapan, Kalpak, Saukele, Koylek
• Tajikistan – Chapan
• Turkmenistan – Chapan
• Uzbekistan – Khalat, Tubeteika, Chapan

  East Asia

• China – Chinese clothing. Each ethnic groups of China have their own traditional costume.
• *Han Chinese – Tangzhuang, Hanfu
• * Manchus – Magua, Cheongsam and Changshan
• * Mongols – Deel
• * Uyghurs, Hui and other Chinese Muslims – Tubeteika
• Japan – Kimono, Junihitoe, Sokutai
• * Fukuoka Prefecture - Mizu happi and fundoshi
• * Hokkaido - Ainu clothing
• Korea – Hanbok /Chosŏn-ot
• Mongolia – Deel
• Tibet – Chuba
• Taiwan -
• *Han Taiwanese - Tangzhuang
• * Taiwanese Aborigines - Aboriginal groups in Taiwan conserve traditional indigenous styles; popular styles include Amis, Atayal, Bunun and Paiwan styles.

  North Asia

• Russia - Clothing of Siberian nationalities
• * Buryatia - Deel
• * Tuva – Deel

  South Asia

• Afghanistan – Pashtun dress: Afghan cap, turban, Shalwar Kameez, Firaq partug, Chador
• Bangladesh – Sherwani and Kurta and Sari
• Bhutan – Gho and Kira
• India – Achkan, Shalwar Kameez, Sherwani, Dhoti, Phiran, Churidar, Kurta, Turban and Sari, Patiala salwar, Lehenga, Choli, Pathin
• Maldives – Dhivehi libaas and Dhivehi mundu
• Nepal – Daura-Suruwal and Dhaka topi, and Gunyou Cholo ; Traditional Newar, Sunuwar, Rai, Limbu clothing
• Pakistan – Peshawari turban, Shalwar Kameez, Churidar, Shalwar Kameez and Dupatta
• Sri Lanka – Kandyan sari

  Southeast Asia

• Brunei – Baju Melayu, Songkok, Baju Kurung, Tudung
• Cambodia – Sampot, Apsara, Sabai, Krama, Chang kben
• East Timor – Tais cloth clothing
• Indonesia –. There are hundreds of types of folk costumes in Indonesia because of the diversity in the island nation. Each ethnic group of Indonesia have their own traditional costume;
• * Batak tribe: Ulos
• * Javanese people: :id:Beskap|Beskap, Batik shirt, Blangkon, Songkok, Sarong, Kebaya, Tudung, Sarong.
• * Malay people: Baju Melayu, Baju Kurung, Songket
• * Papua: Koteka
• * etc.

• Laos – xout lao, suea pat, pha hang, pha biang, sinh
• Malaysia – Baju Melayu and Songkok, Baju Kurung, Baju Kebarung, Tudung
• Myanmar – Longyi, Gaung baung
• Philippines – Barong and Baro't saya; Maria Clara gown, Terno, Malong, Patadyong, Tapis
• Singapore:
• * Chinese Singaporeans - Hanfu, Cheongsam, Tangzhuang ，Changpao
• * Indian Singaporeans - Sari, Dhoti, Kurta
• * Malay Singaporeans - Baju Melayu, Baju Kurung, Sarong
• * Peranakans - Kebaya, Baju Lokchuan
• Thailand – Chut thai: Thai female: Thai Chakkri, Thai male: Suea Phraratchathan, Both genders: Chong kraben and Sabai.
• Vietnam – Áo giao lĩnh, Áo dài, Áo tứ thân, Áo bà ba.

  West Asia

• Armenia – Armenian dress, Arkhalig, Chokha
• Azerbaijan – Azerbaijani traditional clothing: Arkhalig, Chokha, Kelaghayi
• Bahrain – Thawb
• Israel – Tembel hat, Biblical sandals, Yemenite Jewish clothes; Jewish religious clothing: Rekel, Bekishe, Tzitzit, Kippah, Tichel.
• Iran – Chador, Turban, Kurdish clothing, minority traditional clothes: Qashqai, Azerbaijani, Gilaki and Turkmen clothing.
• Iraq – Assyrian clothing, Keffiyeh, Hashimi Dress, Bisht, Dishdasha; Kurdish clothing in Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Jordan – Keffiyeh, Bisht, Bedouin clothing dagger
• Lebanon – Tantour, Keffiyeh, Labbade, Taqiyah
• Kurdistan – Sirwal, Kurdish clothing, gold coin belt and necklace for women.
• Kuwait – Thawb
• Oman – Dishdasha
• Palestine – Keffiyeh, Palestinian costumes.
• Qatar – Kandura
• Saudi Arabia – Thawb, Ghutrah, Agal, Bisht, Abaya, Jilbab, Niqab
• Syria – Dishdasha, Sirwal, Taqiyah, Keffiyeh
• Turkey – Fez, Kaftan, Shalvar.
• United Arab Emirates – Kandura, Abaya
• Yemen – Similar to Saudi Arabia, but with the addition of an ornate jambiya and leather bandoliers for the men's costume.

  Europe

Eastern Europe

• Belarus – Slutsk stash, the national type of wimple
• Georgia – Chokha, Papakha
• Ossetia – Chokha
• Russia – Sarafan, Kokoshnik, Kosovorotka, Ushanka, Valenki; Gákti, Luhkka for colder weather
• * Caucasus republics – Chokha, Papakha, Ushanka in cold weather
• * Mordovia - Mordovian national costumes
• Ukraine – National costumes of Ukraine: Vyshyvanka, Sharovary, Żupan, Ukrainian wreath

  Central Europe

• Austria - Tracht - Dirndl - Lederhosen
• Czech Republic – Kroje
• Hungary – National costumes of Hungary
• Poland – Żupan, Kontusz, Rogatywka
• Slovakia – Kroj

  Northern Europe

• Denmark – :da:Folkedragt|Folkedragt
• * Faroe Islands – Føroysk klæði
• * Greenland – Parka
• Estonia –
• Finland – Every region has its own specific design of national costume. These vary widely. Many of them resemble Swedish costumes, but some take influences from Russian costumes as well. For the Sami in Finland, each place has its own Gákti or Luhkka for colder weather.
• Iceland – Þjóðbúningurinn
• Ireland – Aran sweater, Irish walking hat, Grandfather shirt, Leine, Irish stepdance costume
• Latvia - Tautastērps
• Lithuania - Tautinis kostiumas
• Norway – Bunad, Sami: Gákti, and for colder weather, Luhkka
• Sweden – Sverigedräkten has varied from region to region but since 1983 has an official National Costume in one common version; 18th century: Nationella dräkten; Sami: Gákti, Luhkka for colder weather
• United Kingdom:
• * England – English country clothing, Morris dance costumes, Flat cap, English clogs
• ** Cornwall – Sou'wester hat, fisherman's smock, gansey, bal-maiden clothing, Cornish kilts and tartans.
• ** London – Pearly kings and queens
• ** Northumbria - Maud, Border tartan, Northumbrian tam, blue bonnet, Rapper dance costumes
• * Northern Ireland: Similar to Ireland.
• * Scotland – Highland dress: Kilt or trews, tam o'shanter or Balmoral bonnet, doublet, Aboyne dress, and brogues or ghillies.
• * Wales – Traditional Welsh costume

  Southern Europe

• Albania – Albanian Traditional Clothing
• Andorra – Barretina, espadrilles
• Bulgaria – Every town has its own design of a national costume, with different types of clothing items traditional for each of the ethnographic regions of the country.
• Croatia – Croatian national costume, Lika cap, Sibenik cap
• Greece – Fustanella, Amalia costume; Ancient Greek clothing: Peplos, Chiton.
• * Greek fisherman's caps in many coastal villages by the Aegean sea.
• Italy – Italian folk dance costumes; Roman clothing: Toga, Stola
• * South Tyrol – Tracht and Dirndl
• * Sardinia – Every town has its design of the traditional folk costume.
• * Sicily – Coppola, Arbereshe costumes
• Malta – Għonnella
• Montenegro – Montenegrin cap
• North Macedonia – Macedonian national costume
• Portugal – Every region has its own specific design of a national costume.
• Romania – Romanian dress
• Serbia – Every region has different design of a national costume. Serbian traditional clothing, Lika cap, Montenegrin cap, Opanci, Šajkača, Šubara
• Kosovo – Traditional clothing of Kosovo
• Slovenia – Gorenjska noša
• Spain – Every autonomous region has its own national costume.
• * Andalusia - Sombrero cordobes, traje de flamenca, traje de luces, montera
• * Basque Country – Beret, espadrilles
• * Catalonia - Barretina, Faixa
• * Galicia - Each province has its regional costume. A hat akin to a witch hat is worn in rural areas.

  Western Europe

• Belgium – Bleu sårot
• France – Every region has its own specific design of national costume. The most famous French traditional clothing could be the Breton costume or the Alsatian costume; commonly associated French items of clothing are the beret and the Breton shirt.
• Germany – Every state has its own specific design of a national costume. For example, Bavaria's well-known Tracht: Lederhosen and Dirndl.
• Liechtenstein – Tracht, Dirndl
• Netherlands – Many Areas, Villages and Towns still have their :nl:Klederdracht | traditional style of clothing; the more popular items of clothing are the Dutch woman’s bonnet and klompen.
• * North Brabant – poffer
• Switzerland – Every canton has its own specific design of a national costume.

  North America

Caribbean

• Bahamas - None, unofficially Androsia-cloth clothing. Junkanoo costumes can be considered folk costume but fall more into the sector of carnival dress than traditional garment.
• Cuba – Guayabera, panama hat, guarachera
• Dominican Republic – Chacabana
• Dominica – Madras
• Haiti – Karabela dress, Shirt jacket
• Jamaica – Bandanna cloth Quadrille dress, Bandanna cloth shirt and white trousers, Jamaican Tam
• Puerto Rico – Guayabera, panama hat, enaguas
• St. Lucia – Madras
• Trinidad and Tobago – Tobago has an Afro-Tobagonian Creole culture with the Bélé costumes as their typical garment, commonly made of madras. Trinidad, however, has no defined national garment; the two major ethnic groups in the island wear the following during cultural occasions:
• *Afro-Trinidadians - Shirt jacket or Dashiki, Booboo
• *Indo-Trinidadian - Kurta, Dhoti, Sherwani, Sari, Choli, Lehenga

  Central America

• Belize - Mestizos - Huipil, Guayabera ; Mayas - All tribes wear distinct kinds of Mayan dress.
• Guatemala – Huipil, Corte skirt, Tocado, Todosantero suit
• Nicaragua – Huipil, Rebozo, Cotona
• Panama – Pollera, Montuno

  Northern America

• Bermuda – Bermuda shorts
• Canada:
• *Alberta - :wikt:Double denim|Canadian tuxedoes and western wear are common on folk events such as the Calgary Stampede. They’re often worn with Calgary White Hats.
• * First Nations – button blanket, buckskins, moccasins, Chilkat blanket, Cowichan sweater, war bonnet. The use of the term costume to denote traditional dress may be considered derogatory in First Nations communities. Regalia is the preferred term.
• * Lumberjacks – Traditional logging wear includes mackinaw jackets or flannel shirts, with headgear being a tuque or trapper hat; a good example is seen with folk characters like Big Joe Mufferaw.
• * Maritimes – Acadians wear their traditional heritage clothing on special occasions like the Tintamarre. The Scottish background in Nova Scotia has brought the Nova Scotia tartan as folk wear in the form of kilts, aboyne dresses and trews for Scottish highland dance competitions.
• * Métis – Ceinture fléchée, Capote, Moccasins
• * Newfoundland - Traditional mummers dress in masks and baggy clothes in Christmas season celebrations; the Cornish influence has also brought yellow oilskins and sou'westers as typical wear in coastal areas.
• * Nunavut and other Inuit communities – Parka, mukluks, amauti
• * Quebec and French Canadians – Ceinture fléchée, Capote, tuque
• Mexico – Charro outfit, Sarape, Sombrero, Rebozo, China Poblana dress ; every state has a typical folk dress, for example:
• * Chiapas - :es:Traje de chiapaneca|Chiapaneca
• * Chihuahua and Coahuila – cowboy hats, cowboy boots, bandanna
• * Oaxaca: :es:Tehuana |Tehuana
• * Querétaro, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí - Quechquemitl
• * Sonora - Yaqui or Seri clothes; Sonora is unique among Mexican states to not have a representative costume, yet the indigenous clothing, especially the Deer dance costume of the Yaqui, is very popular.
• * Tamaulipas :es:cuera tamaulipeca|Cuera tamaulipeca
• * Veracruz - Guayabera
• * Yucatán – Guayabera, Huipil
• United States:
• * Alaska – Kuspuks, worn with dark pants and mukluks, as well as parkas are traditional native wear.
• * American Southwest, Texas and rural areas in the Midwestern and Western US – Western wear, derived from original Mexican vaquero and American pioneer garb is traditional dress in Texas, the Southwestern US, and many rural communities, including cowboy hats, Western shirts, cowboy boots, jeans, chaps, prairie skirts, and bolo ties.
• * American Upper Midwest, Pacific Northwest, the northern portions of the Great Lakes Basin and northern New England – Due to the cold weather, the garb in rural areas tends to more closely adhere to heavier materials, such as flannel or Buffalo plaid mackinaw jackets, the occasional parka, and a knit cap or trapper hat. A good example is seen in the typical attire of Paul Bunyan, a folk hero popular in areas where logging was a common occupation, as well as lumberjacks working in the area.
• * Amish, the Pennsylvania Dutch and some sects of Mormon fundamentalism preserve traditional 19th century clothing styles.
• * Deep South – Traditional Southern wear includes seersucker suits for men, and sun hats and large Southern belle-style dresses for women. Seersucker suits are also commonplace in the District of Columbia on Seersucker Thursday.
• ** The Cajun people of Louisiana traditionally wear the colorful capuchon for Mardi Gras celebrations.
• ** Gullah communities in the South Carolina Lowcountry and Sea Islands preserve the traditional African-style clothing and culture.
• * Nantucket – Summer residents of Nantucket will often wear Nantucket Reds.
• * Various styles of Native American clothing; for example, traditional pow-wow regalia for Plains Indians: Moccasins, buckskins, glass beads, breech clouts, and war bonnets or roaches. The use of the term costume to denote traditional dress may be considered derogatory in Native American communities. Regalia is the preferred term.
• * New York City – According to folklorist Washington Irving, knickerbockers similar to the breeches of the Pilgrims and Founding Fathers were traditionally worn by many wealthy Dutch families in 19th century New York. These short pants remained commonplace among young urban American boys until the mid 20th century.

  Oceania

Australia and New Zealand

• Australia
• * Aboriginal Australians: fibercraft-made clothing, possum cloak
• * European Australians: cork hat, bushwear: Moleskin trousers, bush shirt, Akubra slouch hat, Driza-Bone coat, Australian work boots
• * Torres Strait Islands – Augemwalli
• New Zealand
• * Māori – Māori Flax Skirts
• * New Zealand Europeans - Swanndri bush jacket, slouch hat, walk shorts, knee-high socks

  Melanesia

• Fiji – Sulu, Tapa cloth, I-sala
• New Caledonia – Manou, Robes mission
• Papua New Guinea – Meri blaus, lap-lap, Koteka
• Vanuatu – Aelan dress, Lap-lap

  Micronesia

• Federated States of Micronesia - Lap-lap, Grass skirt
• Palau - Lap-lap, Grass skirt

  Polynesia

• Cook Islands – Pareo
• French Polynesia – Pareo
• * Marquesas Islands – Pareo
• Hawaii – Aloha shirt, Muumuu, Holokū, Pāʻū, Malo
• Samoa – Lavalava, Puletasi, 'ie toga clothing
• Tonga – Tupenu, Ta'ovala, Tapa cloth

  South America

• Argentina – Gaucho costume
• Bolivia – Poncho, Chullo, Andean pollera
• Brazil – Each region has its own traditional costume.
• * Bahia – :pt:Baiana |Baiana and Abadá
• * Brazilian carnival or Samba costumes for Rio de Janeiro.
• * Caipiras in Sao Paulo, Goiás and other nearby states conserve traditional folk styles of clothing, imitated by participants of festa juninas.
• * Gaúcho costumes for Rio Grande Do Sul.
• * Indigenous clothes for many states within the Amazônia Legal area
• * Northeastern sertão – Vaqueiro or Cangaceiro clothing
• Chile – Huaso costume: Chamanto, Chupalla
• Colombia – Sombrero Vueltiao, ruana, white shirt, trousers and alpargatas, blouse, Cumbia pollera, Sombrero vueltiao and alpargatas ; every region has a distinct costume.
• Ecuador – Poncho, Panama hat
• Guyana - Guyana is unique among South American nations to not have a designated style of national dress. Their two major ethnic groups wear the following during cultural events or important occasions:
• * Afro-Guyanese - Dashiki or Shirt jacket, Booboo
• * Indo-Guyanese - Kurta, Sherwani, Churidar, Sari, Lehenga
• Paraguay – :es:Ao po'i|Ao po'i
• Peru – Chullo, Poncho, Andean pollera
• Suriname – Kotomisse, Pangi cloth
• Uruguay – Gaucho costume
• Venezuela – Llanero costume, Joropo dress