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]
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- ^ 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
- ^ 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."
- ^ 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"
- ^ "Vietcong NVA guerilla scarf". www.vietnam-surplus.com. Retrieved 2021-09-02.