Siamese Woman in National Dress 

 The people of Siam cling to their native dress, and prince and peasant, men and women 

 alike wear the panung, which is the Malay sarong drawn up between the knees and tucked in 

 the belt until it looks like a pair of very full knickerbockers. Princes wear military jackets and 

 long silk stockings with the paaung. Ladies of high degree wear Parisian blouses with the 

 panung, while the women of the people adopt the loose Chinese jacket or retain the native scarf 

 over the shoulder like this figure 



