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What is the name of the Dai costume?

The Dai dress is elegant and beautiful, not only practical, but also has a strong decorative meaning, which can reflect the love of life and the national personality of the beauty of harmony. There is not much difference in the dress of men in different places, and they usually wear collarless lapel or large lapel and small-sleeved short shirts with long pants underneath, and their heads are wrapped in white cloth, water-red cloth or blue cloth. The costumes of Dai women vary from region to region. The Dai women in Xishuangbanna wear tight underwear of various colors, tight collarless narrow-sleeved shirts, and colorful tunic skirts, which are as long as their feet and are bound by fine silver belts; the Dai women in the area of Dehong, some of them also wear large tunic skirts and short tops, which are colorful, and some of them (such as in Luxi, Yingjiang, etc.) wear white or other light-colored lapel shirts, and long pants, bound by an embroidered girdle; they change to lapel shirts and tunic skirts after marriage; in Xinping, Yuanjiang, some of the Dai women wear white or light-colored tunic shirts, and long pants, and change to lapel skirts and tunic skirts after marriage; in Xinping, Yuanjiang, some of the Dai women wear white cloth and water red cloth or blue cloth. After marriage, they change to wear short shirt with lapel and tunic; the "Flower Waist Dai" around Xinping and Yuanjiang wear short open-breasted shirts and black skirts, which are decorated with colorful cloths and silver bubbles and adorned with all kinds of patterns, which are glittering and shining. Various kinds of Dai women's costumes can show the beauty and slenderness of women. Dai women love to keep long hair, bundled at the top of the head, some with combs or flowers as ornaments, some wrapped scarf, some wearing a tall cap, some wearing a big hat with a pointed top, each presenting its own show, each showing its beauty, quite chic.