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Loincloth

A loincloth is one-piece garment, sometimes kept in place by a belt, that is used:

in societies where there is no more advanced clothing
as an undergarment
to express soberness
- Mohandas Gandhi used it as a way of identifying with the poorest Indians, even though he knew it could be taken as a sign of primitiveness or indecency.
for erotic pleasure

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