page_title: Sbai
hierarchical_section_title: Sbai
caption_attribution_description: English: Various styles of Sbai or breast clothes were worn by Khmer women
context_page_description: Sbai or Sabai, or phaa biang is a shawl-like garment, or breast cloth worn in mainland Southeast Asia. Sabai is a woman's silk breast wrapper in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand while in coastal Sumatra the same term is used to described as a shoulder cloth. The sbai was derived from the Indian sari, the end of which is worn over one shoulder.
context_section_description: Sbai or Sabai; (Khmer: ស្បៃ, Sbai, Thai: สไบ, RTGS: sabai, [sābāj]; Lao: ສະໄບ), or phaa biang (Lao: ຜ້າບ່ຽງ; Thai: ผ้าเบี่ยง, [pʰâː bìa̯ŋ]) is a shawl-like garment, or breast cloth worn in mainland Southeast Asia. Sabai is a woman's silk breast wrapper in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand while in coastal Sumatra the same term is used to described as a shoulder cloth. The sbai was derived from the Indian sari, the end of which is worn over one shoulder.
caption: Different styles of wrapping sbai used in Thailand and Cambodia
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