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Which country's boys wear skirts

Boys wear skirts in Fiji, Burma, Scotland, Bhutan, Greece and Sri Lanka.

1. Fiji is a tiny island nation in the Pacific Ocean, a place that boasts a very special costume called the Sulu. It is a wrap skirt for both men and women. This skirt was brought by missionaries from Tonga, another island nation, in the 19th century. Wearing this skirt signaled its conversion to Christianity. Even today, this skirt is still considered the national dress of the country.

2. Myanmar has a national dress called the cage kyi, which has evolved over the years into more styles and changes in fabric and color. It is, in fact, a unisex dress, but there are huge differences between the dresses for men and women. Men wear their skirts by folding them on either side of the front and tucking them in at the waist just below the navel to tie a knot, while women don't do this.

3. Scotland has a tartan kilt present in its tradition. It is said to have been made of wool in the early days. At first, if the amount of fabric on a man's body was higher, it indicated that the man was richer. So people began to add fabric to their bodies tying it around their waist and draping it over their knees, and the ruffled feel apparently gave the impression that there was more fabric. Over time, this became fashionable and a very distinctive element of their national culture.

4. In mystical Bhutan, traditional dress is very important, for example, when going to school and work. It is called "gho", a robe that is longer than the knee and needs to be tied with a belt. It was introduced to the country in the 17th century and has a long history. A 1989 law in Bhutan requires people to wear this traditional dress in government offices and schools.

5. In Greece there is a male skirt similar to the Scottish plaid kilt, which is known as the guard's folded skirt and is worn by these elite troops in ceremonial military units in Greece. However, such skirts also existed in Albania, where they were also worn by the country's Royal Guard. And Albania, like Greece, claims the guard folding skirt as their respective national dress.

6, Sri Lanka also has a men's wear skirt, but this skirt is usually considered to belong to the lower class of people wear clothing. This is because it is usually a simple piece of long cloth that is then wrapped around the waist of the male. But today's designers are trying to improve the stereotype and make it a true Sri Lankan fashion symbol.