 About Ethnic costume, today it is rarely seen except during religious ceremonies because the ethnic costume is very traditional and rigid in its form. And because of its low quality material, it cannot be marketable
Discover The Land of Borneo
PART
II
Welcome back to Fashion History. Today, we are going
to continue our mission, right? Do not tell me that you forget it. I am quite
sure that you do not.Well, it is time to start our discovery of Brunei: The
Land of Borneo.
Last time, I showed you the basic information of this country and for this time
I will focus on their lifestyle specifically their attires. We can group the
traditional costume of this country into 2 main categories:
Ceremonial
Attires |
Daily
Attires |
1.National
Dress
|
1.Casual
Clothing |
| 2.Wedding
Dress |
2.Ethnic
Costume |
| 3.Religious
Activities |
|
| 1.
National Dress: National Dress or Baju Kebagsaan can be classified
into 2 types: Baju cara Melayu for men and Baju Kurong or Baju Kebaya for
women. |
Baju
cara Melayu |
Baju
Kurong |
Baju
Kebaya |
| Composition: |
Composition: |
Composition: |
| -
a tunic or loose long sleeved shirt (Baju) |
-
a long sleeved |
-
a long-sleeved blouse |
| -
a pair of loose long pants or trousers (Seluar) |
-
knee-length blouse |
-
Kain Lapas or Kain Sarong |
| -
a Sarong worn around the waist over the shirt and pants called Samping or
Sinjang |
-
an ankle-length Kain called Sarong |
|
| -
Headgear called Kopiah or Songkok |
|
|
There
are 3 types of Baju Cara Melayu: Baju Melayu Telok Belanga, Baju Melayu Cekak
Musang and Baju Melayu Begulambir. The two first Baju Melayu are still worn
by ordinary people while the last one was said to be worn only by people in
Royal Court.
In
Brunei, Baju Kurong is worn almost in all social and religious occasions and
always worn with headcover called Tudong. Besides Baju Kurong, ther is Baju
Kebaya which is also National Dress for women. There are 4 types of Kebaya:
Kebaya Panjang, Kebaya Labuh, Kebaya Buntak/Pendek
and Kebaya Bandung
| 2.Wedding
Dress:
Someone has mentioned that woman will be the most beautiful in her wedding
day. This hearsay can also be used in Brunei because the wedding dress for
both bride and bridegroom are very beautiful. Well I will show you the composition
of this beauty. |
For
bride |
For
bridegroom |
| Composition: |
Composition: |
| -
Kebaya Panjang/ Baju Jurong embroidered with floral patterns |
-
a shirt |
| -
Sarong |
-
trouseres |
| -
Salendang (Long scarf) |
-
4 inch wide waistband |
| -
Glittering veil |
-
Samping (knee-length Sarong wrapped round the waist) |
| |
-
Dastar (headgear) |
3.Religious
Activities: Men in Brunei wear Baju Cara Melayu while
women wear Baju Jurong or Baju Kebaya during religious activities. And
it is obligatory for ladies to cover their face.
|
These all above are the Ceremonial Attire of the country. Next one is Daily
Attires: Casual Clothing and Ethnic Costume. For Casual Clothing, men generally
wore an ankle-length short called Kain with a shirt of light material called
Baju Ambit. For outdoor activities, they always wore a hat call Seraong. For
women, they wore Baju Kebaya or Baju Buntak.
About Ethnic costume, today it is rarely seen except during religious ceremonies
because the ethnic costume is very traditional and rigid in its form. And because
of its low quality material, it cannot be marketable.
Nowadays,
the transformation of Brunei costume still happens continuously like other countries.
Only 1 saying “Every culture moves with time”
I hope the 2 parts of the adventure in Brunei can help you learn more about
this tiny wealthy country. I am grateful for The ASEAN Committee
on Culture and Information who are sponsor of the publishing of “Costumes
in ASEAN”, the main reference book for this writing.
Solange
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