MALAYSIA TRADITIONAL OUTFITS

MALAYSIA TRADITIONAL OUTFITS

Since Malaysia have variety of culture, there are variety of traditional outfits for every culture in Malaysia. Malaysia have three major cultures such as Malay, Chinese and Indian. The traditional clothing of each culture can be used in any formal and informal events. Moreover, all of the traditional outfits is really suitable with weather in Malaysia. Each of cultural clothing have a different outfits for male and female.

MALAY TRADITIONAL OUTFITS

Baju Melayu is a name for Malay male traditional outfit. It is a pair of loose tunic long sleeve shirt worn over with a trousers that made with the same material. This outfits accompanied with a cloth that wrapped around waist and hips called sampin. For head, Malay male will wear a cylinder shape cap named songkok to cover up their upper head. Songkok are generally dark in its colour which is black or dark blue. One more head outfit for baju Melayu is kopiah that is same shape as songkok but it is white in colour.

Kebaya

Baju Kurung

Kurung Kedah

For Malay female, they wear baju kurung that is knee length loose blouse that worn over a long skirt. The blouse is collarless and long sleeved while the skirt called kain has a pleats one one side. 

Another popular blouse is called Kebaya which it is quite tight at waist but Kebaya have less different from baju kurung. There is variety style of baju kurung since some of states in Malaysia has different style in making its blouses. Baju kurung Kedah is a shorter dress than baju kurung and it is three quarter sleeves. Usually, baju kurung Kedah is usually daily worn by married Malay woman because it is ease the movement of woman to do their chores but nowadays, baju kurung Kedah is worn by anyone.

CHINESE TRADITIONAL OUTFITS

Cheongsam

Malaysian Chinese traditional dress for the men is a short sleeved shirt worn over the trousers and they wear 

sandals for comfort.

Cheongsam is a one piece dress with a high collar and it is diagonally closed by a small clips. Usually it is made from a silk and very popular among Chinese in Malaysia because it can be wear at any occasion including formal attire. Older woman of Chinese wear a samfoo which looks like pyjamas with a separate loosing top fastened by fabric toggles and ankle length pants.

INDIAN TRADITIONAL OUTFITS

Saree

Men Shalwar Kameez

Most popular outfit that usually Indian woman wear is saree, a cloth of 4 to 9 meters length which is worn with a petticoat of a similar shade. It wrapped around the body and hangs over the shoulder, while petticoat is worn above bellybutton to support saree. Shalwar Kameez is a popular outfits of Nouthern India and it is long attire that normally the length is below knees. For a woman, Shalwar is a trousers that are also known as loose pyjama, Kameez is a colarless top which is known as Kurta with a scarf that are called Duppata.

Sherwani

Lungi

Dhoti

Shalwar Kameez have a male version which is two pieces dress that is Shalwar which is a trousers and Kameez, long tunic shirt. The Malayian traditional dress for the Indian men includes Sherwani, Lungi and Dhoti. Sherwani is a coat garment fitted close to the body. It is knee length or longer and opening in front with button to fastenings. Below the men wear a garment for the lower part of the body, baggy and wide at the top tied with a string at the waist, and tight around the legs and ankles. Lungi is a simply short length of material worn around the thighs rather like sarong. Dhoti require a piece of sloth which is seems longer and larger than what was worn in the past. This outfits is simpler than another outfits because they are not adorned with belts. The middle of the cloth is tied around the hips and each end of the cloth is draped around the leg on its side.

Shahida Safuraa Binti Shahrul Azman

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