page_title: Suea pat
hierarchical_section_title: Suea pat
caption_attribution_description: English: Nang Sangkhane (Miss Songkran) in Luang Prabang, Laos, wearing a sbai AKA pha biang, a pat shirt, a sinh, and a Luang Prabang crown.
context_page_description: The suea pat or suea pai is a type of shirt worn by women from different ethnic backgrounds in Laos and Northern Thailand and other areas in Southeast Asia. These ethnic groups typically include the Lao, the Tai Lue, and the Tai Yuan etc.
  The suea pat is a long-sleeved shirt with no buttons. It is worn by wrapping the right side of the front panel of the shirt over the left side of the front panel, and the two panels are tied together via strings. Suea pats from Luang Prabang, Laos typically have large golden collars.
context_section_description: The suea pat (Lao: ເສື້ອປັດ [sɯ̏a.pát], Northern Thai: เสื้อปั๊ด [sɯ̋a.pát]) or suea pai (Lao: ເສື້ອປ້າຍ [sɯ̏a.pâaj], Northern Thai: เสื้อป้าย [sɯ̋a.pa̋aj])  is a type of shirt worn by women from different ethnic backgrounds in Laos and Northern Thailand and other areas in Southeast Asia. These ethnic groups typically include the Lao, the Tai Lue, and the Tai Yuan etc.
  The suea pat is a long-sleeved shirt with no buttons. It is worn by wrapping the right side of the front panel of the shirt over the left side of the front panel, and the two panels are tied together via strings. Suea pats from Luang Prabang, Laos typically have large golden collars.
caption: Miss Songkran in Luang Prabang, Laos wearing a suea pat underneath a pha biang
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