Traditional Minangkabau Costume

Minangkabau have its own Traditional Costume.This are divided into three,that are Tengkuluk Tanduak,Baju Kuruang,Sarong.Each of it has its own description and history.

Tengkuluk Tanduak

Description

tengkuluk tanduak or tengkuluk ikek made head casing from cloth balapak. This equipment is its for corneous (pointed) berumai gold or gilt brass. Symbolic meaning from this equipment colossal house property. mean, one who wear it bundo kanduang

History

A bladder Bundo tengkuluk wearing horns or tengkuluk ikek as headgear. The material is woven from the fabric balapak Smart Brush Padang Panjang. Shaped like buffalo horns with the pointed end of tufted gold or gilt brass. Use of this tengkuluk symbolizes that women as a homeowner gadang.Kurungnya clothes are black, red, blue or violet paved with gold thread. Minsai edges decorated as a symbol of democracy but within the limits that should be. On his right shoulder into the ribs left berselempang balapak fabric, symbolizing the responsibility must be shouldered by the Bundo Kanduang to continue the descent. Under the cover body is used sarong (codec) balapak embroidered in gold. Gloves are a religious function for the wearer, as a symbol of putting something in place like the proverbial endless eating, dived (hiding) lingering. Jewellery is worn earrings or earrings of gold. Necklace of some sort, namely a horse necklace, necklace pinyaram, gadang necklaces, and necklace Kaban. Her hands adorned with bracelets sieve (large), snake bangle bracelet and bapahek. Use the bracelet symbolizes that everything must be done within the limits of ability.

Baju Kuruang

Description

Baju Kuruang with black colour, red, blue, or purple that decorated with gold thread and the side is given minsai have a meaning symbolic, especially minsai-, that is a bundo kanduang and the class must obey custom limits and may not break it. temporary, balapak is wear from right shoulder to left side haves symbolic that a bundo kanduang responsible to continue breed.

History

It is said that costumes of the ordinary Malays in the olden days are simple dresses, but as time progresses, the attire evolved and became more sophisticated, while the wearers became more discerning in their fashion tastes. For instance, Chinese chronicles described the attire of the Malays in the 13th century for both male and female as covering only the bottom part of the body, with no cloth to cover the upper body. Later, tunics, which are simple cover-alls that are either short-sleeve or sleeveless, were said to be the main attire of the Malays. And the pants or trousers worn were mostly in the "gunting Aceh" (Aceh cut) fashion, ending just below the knee. The women folks, on the other hand, normally wear sarongs in the "berkemban" style, that is, by wrapping a piece of sarong around the body covering the chest.

However, with the growth of trade, and the importance of the Silk Route in China, traders crossed the Malay Archipelago from the Arabian archipelago and India to China by ships to sell their products. And these ships stopped at the ports and villages along the coasts of the Malay Archipelago, that later bloomed into trading posts in south-east Asia. Goods from China, India, Middle East (Arab) and European countries were traded here. And the foreign traders not only brought with them goods for sale and barter, but also their unique dressing and fashion styles. The Malays were therefore influenced and exposed to various fashions and costumes from various countries early in their civilized state, and these foreigners have influenced greatly the evolution of the traditional Malay costumes and dress. And when the Malacca Empire was at its height in the 15th century, with Islam as the main religion, the Malay traditional costume, the Baju Melayu, was born, as clearly described in the "Sejarah Melayu" or "Malay Annals". When they became more civilized with the adoption of Islam as their religion, the Malays slowly covered their bodies according to the tenets and teachings of Islam.

Sarong

Description

Sarong (kodek) balapak embroidered gold haves symbolic policy. mean, a bundo kanduang must can laid a certain in the place

History

This consists of length of fabric about a yard (0.91 m) wide and two-and-a-half yards (2.3 m) long. In the center of this sheet, across the narrower width, a panel of contrasting color or pattern about one foot wide is woven or dyed into the fabric, which is known as the kepala or "head" of the sarong. This sheet is stitched at the narrower edges to form a tube. One steps into this tube, brings the upper edge above the level of the navel (the hem should be level with the ankles), positions the kepala at the center of the back, and folds in the excess fabric from both sides to the front center, where they overlap and secures the sarong by rolling the upper hem down over itself. Malay men wear sarongs woven in a check pattern; women wear sarongs dyed in the batik method, with, for example, flower motifs, and in brighter colors

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