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Grass skirt

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The article Grass skirt is not good. I am trying to find scholarly articles that talk about the garment in detail including use by other people group besides tourist-baiting hula dancers. KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:22, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There's so little information there it could almost be merged into and redirected to Hula. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots16:26, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That would be a really bad merge. Hula is specifically Polynesian. Grass skirts are international. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:06, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Even with additional content it is a generic term that displaces cultural identity and is not encyclopedic.--Mark Miller (talk) 23:55, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Lots of shorter references, no luck with an in-depth look yet. But maybe try:

Specific cultures:

Possibly relevant for the "See Also" section: Kiekie (clothing) and/or Ta'ovala. I haven't found terms in Setswana or Zulu or other cultures with grass skirts but maybe someone will! 70.67.222.124 (talk) 20:42, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
All of these are either passing mentions or use the phrase as a generic term.--Mark Miller (talk) 23:58, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you.--Mark Miller (talk) 01:01, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]