A museum exhibition shows women wearing the characteristic black-and-white checkered Khăn rằn headscarf and black Áo bà ba tunic
Khăn rằn can be worn on the head or around the neck depending on the user
Củ Chi people wear Khăn rằn

The khăn rằn (From Vietnamese: khăn, 'towel, scarf', and rằn, 'striped'; Chữ Nôm: 䘜吝) is a traditional checkered black and white scarf which has been adapted from the Cambodian krama.[1] It is a traditional scarf worn in the region of Mekong Delta in Vietnam.[2]

During the Vietnam War, the distinctive scarf was donned by the Viet Cong soldiers to identify themselves.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Tuyển, D. (2021, March 23). Khăn rằn mang lại bình an và may mắn [Scarves bring peace and good luck]. Thoi Trang Tre. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://thanhnien.vn/thoi-trang-tre/khan-ran-mang-lai-binh-an-va-may-man-1851384170.htm
  2. ↑ The girl in the picture: the story of Kim Phuc Denise Chong - 2000 "Sometimes, all she caught by the light of her lamp was a checkered, black-and-white scarf, the trademark khan ran worn by the southern revolutionaries."
  3. ↑ Stanley I. Kutler (1996) Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War ISBN 978-0-132-76932-7 "Note the black-and-white checked scarf in the background, an identifying symbol of the Viet Cong guerrilla"
  4. ↑ "Vietcong NVA guerilla scarf". www.vietnam-surplus.com. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
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