History Main / AllAsiansWearConicalStrawHats

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The conical Asian hat (also known as a sedge hat, rice hat, coolie hat, non, or paddy hat) is a simple style of conical hat originating in East and Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, The Philippines, Vietnam, China, Japan and Korea -- many far-East and Southeast Asian countries have their own variation on it, and their own name for it.[[note]]Caping, Salakot, Nón lá, Dǒulì, Sugegasa, and Satgat, respectively.[[/note]] This style of hat is used primarily as protection from the sun and rain, and is usually kept on the head by a cloth (often silk) chin strap; an internal band of the same material keeps the hat itself from resting on the wearer's head. While anybody can wear the hats, in China, they are primarily worn by women who work on farms or in fields for hours on end.[[note]]It helps preserve the white in RavenHairIvorySkin.[[/note]] And a variation of the conical straw hat which is painted in bright fluorescent yellow can be seen by street cleaners in major Chinese cities. As late as 1950, and the fall of Hainan, this hat had ''military applications'' as it was pretty much the only standard-issue garment the Guomindang could afford to waterproof. The Communists on the other hand used Soviet-style waxed greatcoats and eschewed the "backward" and "feudal" image the hat conjured up (though none of their men actually got any until ''after'' [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors they'd won the war and crushed all the labour-unions]]).

* Most the Japanese people WesternAnimation/TheBeatles run into in "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby" sport this hat (the boys themselves wear them in the episode as well).

* In ''Series/FatherTed'', Ted puts a loose lampshade on his head and impersonates a Chinese man by stretching his eyes. Unfortunately, some Chinese people from the Craggy Island Chinatown ([[BizarroUniverse which has been there "since last week"]]), see him. HilarityEnsues.

* Crane and Po from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''. Po even tries to use his hat for a throwing weapon during [=KFP2=]. It doesn't turn out well.

* The Zen Master from ''[[WesternAnimation/Cars2''.

* The Zen Master from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Cars 2]]''.

* In ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'' the famed {{ronin}} Jubei Yagyu wears one of this, which is also a CoolHat. TruthInTelevision, as these hats were part of the Yagyu's trademark crest, and Jubei himself apparently once used [[ImprobableWeaponUser two hats worn as shields]] to disarm an opponent.

* The Jian Shan Di faction in ''Videogame/EYEDivineCybermancy'' stylize their headquarters after a Shinto temple, and have PoweredArmor reminiscent of Samurai armor. Their heavy armor sports a conical straw hat and a [[GasMaskMooks gas mask]]. Their leader's hat is [[NiceHat topped by a pair of golden tigers]].

* ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'': Raya wears a Southeast Asian-style salakot for most of the film. Sisu also briefly wears one as part of an attempted human disguise (before she gains shapeshifting). The two of the three monkey-like creatures that accompany little Noi also wear conical hats of differing designs.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', being the world's greatest [[FanNickname hat simulator]], naturally has the Hong Kong Cone.

* The ''Film/{{Rambo}}'' LicensedGame had a significant number of enemies wearing these in the Vietnam section, despite the fact that a) they were soldiers, who wouldn't wear anything so cumbersome and potentially vision-limiting and b) the level mostly took place in the middle of the night, negating any practical benefits to wearing the things in the first place. They were surprisingly realistically modelled, particularly the part where they fly off when the wearer was shot, leading to Creator/TheCynicalBrit praising the game (with tongue very much in cheek) for its "[[ARareSentence racist hat physics]]". [[TheTroubleWithLicensedGames That was the closest he came to saying anything positive about it.]]

* ''Videogame/PokemonLegendsArceus'': The rank-and-file members of the Galaxy Team who don't warrant unique models look Asian and all wear straw hats.

* ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'': Raya wears a Southeast Asian-style salakot for most of the film. Sisu also briefly wears one as part of an attempted human disguise (before she gains shapeshifting).

* Most films depicting the Viet Cong will have some of them wearing these hats. This is TruthInTelevision: Many Viet Cong disguised themselves as farmers before ambushing the Americans (or Australians, or the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, or the South Koreans...).