A sulu is a kilt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji since colonisation in the nineteenth century.
The first sulus were brought by missionaries coming from Tonga in the nineteenth century and were initially worn by iTaukei Fijians to indicate their conversion to Christianity.
It is now regarded as Fiji's national dress[1] even though pre-colonial iTaukei Fijian traditional clothing consisted of garments such as the malo and the liku.
Together with women's church or formal ceremony dress, simple sulus with an elastic waist that extend to the ankles are known as sulu-i-ra.
Tailored sulus with pockets are commonly worn as part of Fijian men's business and formal wear,[4][5][6] with shirt and sandals and optionally western-style jacket and tie.