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Examples
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This dress is known as Lungi to the Bangladeshis, and it resembles the one the Malaysian and the Burmese men wear all the time
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As part of getting into the spirit of Indian culture Reggie suggested I wore the traditional Indian male 'Lungi' or 'big dress' in English.
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The incident happened when the deceased, identified as Nanda, had gone to the back of the CRPF camp in the pretext of replying to nature's call and hanged himself from the threshold of the bathroom using his 'Lungi' (loin cloth).
The Times of India 2009
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Because Freetown is so hilly, Lungi was built across the bay on a stretch of seaside marsh, much like Hong Kong's airport.
Glimpses: Freetown, Sierra Leone, August, 2008 Zack O'Malley Greenburg 2011
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I never learned the fate of the other transports that left Lungi that night, though I assume there were no major disasters.
Glimpses: Freetown, Sierra Leone, August, 2008 Zack O'Malley Greenburg 2011
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Speaking at Lungi airport, Sierra Leone after being fêted by the locals, he attacked their “cynicism” of those who have had the temerity to speak out against him and his self-important tour of what he sees as scenes of triumph.
Archive 2007-05-27 2007
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"Lungi became politicised at an early age as a result of his exposure to the political activism of his family, in particular his grandfather Walter Sisulu, who he regularly visited on Robben Island,"
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A homeless young orphan of the Sierra Leone war sits on a pile of rubbish at the ferry port in Lungi, Sierra Leone, as the last Nigerian contingent of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), in the background awaits the ferry to the airport at the end of the Contingent's tour of duty.
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Lungi, a traditional men's wear, is also being produced on power looms.
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A homeless young orphan of the Sierra Leone war sits on a pile of rubbish at the ferry port in Lungi, Sierra Leone, as the last Nigerian contingent of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), in the background awaits the ferry to the airport at the end of the Contingent's tour of duty.
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