with patterns or flowers. It is the basic article of clothing for
Polynesians, men and women alike. Men wear them as a skirt or shorts and
women (creative and inventive creatures that we are) wear them around the
waist as a skirt, tied and draped various ways to become a dress or beach
cover-up and draped over ones shoulders as a shawl.
It is a large rectangle of cloth, usually cotton, but sometimes a poly
fabric or silk is used. They can be hand-painted with gutta or dyed and
dried in the sun, but most are screen-printed.
As you can see by the pictures, there is a very wide variety of patterns and
colors.
I have come up with another use for these bright and colorful prints -
wouldn't they make fun table cloths, especially for a picnic.
