What is the national costume of Vietnam?

The national traditional dress in Vietnam is the ao dai, a silk tunic with pants worn by women and men. Ao dài are worn for special occasions including Tet, the new year celebration. Since the twentieth century, Vietnamese people have also worn contemporary clothing that is popular in many places in the world.

What is a male ao dai called?

The male counterpart to the ao dai is called an ao gam. The ao dai is found in every part of Vietnam, and in overseas Vietnamese communities. The prefix áo classifies the item as clothing. Dài means “long.” Once condemned as decadent by the country’s rulers, the dress became popular again in the 1990s.

What does ao dai represent?

When traveling through Vietnam, you will see women wearing ao dai everywhere. In Vietnamese, ‘áo dài’ means ‘long shirt’. It is the national costume of Vietnam, symbolizing beauty and elegance.

Which country has a national costume called sampot?

Sampot is the national garment of Cambodia, dating back to the Funan era when important Chinese diplomats asked the Cambodian king to order the people to cover themselves. Still commonly worn today in rural areas, the sampot is worn by both men and women as a form of sarong.

What is Cambodia’s national dress?

The sampot
The sampot is the national garment of Cambodia. The traditional dress is similar to those worn in the neighboring countries of Laos and Thailand, but variations do exist between the countries.

Why do some Vietnamese people wear conical hats?

Vietnamese people created a conical hat made from leaves and bamboo to help farmers work in the fields. Not only do people use conical hats in productive labor but they also use them to honor women’s beauty. In Vietnam, traditional clothes is “ao dai” (long dress), and a conical hat is used as an important accessory.

What is Cambodia’s national costume tie?

It is worn by wrapping it around the waist, stretching it away from the body and twisting the knot. The knot is then pulled between the legs and held by a metal belt. Regardless of class, all Cambodian women wear the sompot chong kben on special occasions.

How do you wear a sampot?

The dressing is to wrap the cloth around the waist and pull away from the body. Then, draw a knot between the legs and kept in place by using a metallic belt. You can meet Khmer women wearing this Sampot at Angkor Wat. So, visitors can try wearing this popular kind of Sampot and record the cultural moments.

The most popular and widely-recognized Vietnamese national costume is the ao dai, which is worn nowadays mostly by women on special occasions such as weddings and funerals. In fact, there is a similarity between ao dai and the Chinese Qipao which consisting of a long gown with a slit on both sides, worn over silk pants.

What is the traditional Vietnamese dress for men?

The traditional Vietnamese dress for men is known as the Ao Dai. It is a long silk tunic with a conventional looking snug collar and is buttoned down on the left side. The male tunic falls to the knees and is generally worn with loose pants underneath. In the past, the colour of the Ao Dai in Vietnam indicated a man’s position in society.

Do men wear ao dai in Vietnam?

However, men also wear ao dai or modified ao dai during weddings or formal occasions. The ao dai is one of the few Vietnamese words that appear in English-language dictionaries.

What is the origin of the Saigon dress?

The updated look was promoted by the artists and magazines of Tự Lực văn đoàn (Self-Reliant Literary Group) as a national costume for the modern era. In the 1950s, Saigon designers tightened the fit to produce the version worn by Vietnamese women today. The dress was extremely popular in South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s.