Tanga (clothing)

The Tanga ( Portuguese from Tupi tanga " loincloth " ) is reduced in size to bands and two normally equal fabric triangles bottom part of a bikini Brazilian origin.

The term thong, thong panties actually, has become naturalized in the German language for briefs that are worn as underwear. He has completely around the waist just a thinly sliced ​​waistband or tapes and covered the buttocks to about 50 % and the genitals.

Scarcer than the thong is the string of the buttocks only minimally or not at all covered. More fabric has the normal slip.