Pathin is a wrap-around skirt worn by the women of the Hajong tribe of the

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in Northeast India and Bangladesh.Hajong, B. (2002). ''The Hajongs and their struggle.'' Assam, Janata Press. It covers the upper and lower part of the body from the bust until the

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of the leg. Women in the upper class wore a long pathin which would fall down to the floor while women in the lower class wore a shorter pathin whose length reaches to the ankle. The pathin is a horizontally striped, colourful, rectangular piece of cloth with alternate symmetric layers of different colours between red stripes and thick horizontal borders called chapa. Pathins are woven in traditional looms known as 'Sipni Bana' and 'Sal Bana'. It is operated with hands and does not require the use of feet. Pathins are also used to make mekhelas in

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File:Hajong girls in traditional clothing.jpg, Hajong girls in traditional Rang'a Pathin. File:Traditional Hajong Dancers.jpg, Ranga Pathin and Phule' Argon. File:Hajong woman by the field.jpg, While working in the fields, the pathin is fastened with a sash, which is also used as an apron. File:Dancing Hajong women.jpg, Hajong dancers of

. File:Nurdawa.jpg, The process of Nurdawa, one of the steps involved in the process of weaving a pathin. File:Hajong women in traditional clothing and ornaments.jpg, Women of the Giri class wore pathin that would cover the feet and their ornaments.

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