Lava-lava
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A lava-lava is a kind of clothing worn by Polynesians, especially Tongans, Samoans, Micronesians, and Hawaiians. It is worn by both men and women, in uses from school uniforms to business attire with a suit jacket and tie. It consists of a singule rectangular cloth worn like a kilt or skirt. In English, such garments are generically called sarong, but that word is actually Malay, whereas lava-lava is Samoan, being short for ʻie lavalava (cloth that wraps around). Another common name for the Polynesian variety is pāreu (usually spelled pareo), which is the Tahitian name.
A similar simple kind of clothing is the lap-lap worn in Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific, which is completely open at both sides.