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The sarees of North Sumatra

1 saree tied to North Sumatra: woven there, or made its own.

Motifs of North Sumatra

Batik

Stripes

Buta

Checks

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Ulos: Boy Lawson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

The weekly drape

Every Monday: seven sarees you may not know, what is being worn this week, and one drape explained step by step.