Tanga

Close-up of woman in tanga bikini

A tanga is a type of panty.

It has a narrower back than a traditional panty, but is not as narrow as a thong. It has thin straps across the hips and sits low on the hip, exposing the gluteal fold and some of the buttocks. Sometines a bikini bottom is cut as a tanga.

Originally, a tanga was a loincloth worn by indigenous peoples in tropical America; the current meaning dates from the 1970s.

See also

• Lingerie
• Panties
• Panty fetishism
• Thong (lingerie)