Introduction about the clothes baju kurung

Dress of the Malays are now born out of growth and development of ancient garments through the process of change installments. This process not only occurs as a result of early civilization somewhere community itself, even more important due to the influence of traders from India, China, Arabia and Europe. Elements of civilization from the east and west and is processed and incorporated into a variety of cultural and look beautiful and unique.

Clothing men who are still popular until now is Baju Melayu clothes while women are still popular include Baju Kurung, Baju Kurung Kedah, Baju Kurung Cekak Musang, Baju Kurung Teluk Belanga, and Baju Kurung Moden.

History of the Baju Kurung

A proven difficult to accurately about who is first to wear baju kurung. This occurs because the baju kurung in its original form has long been used by many people in the archipelago region.

According to Judi Achjadi in the book "Indonesian Women's Clothing District" to state that the baju kurung was introduced in Indonesia by Muslim traders and Western India. This shirt has the influence of the Middle East such as cut-shaped neck Tunic, which forms the neck of the first shared by the Arab past.

According to Dato 'Haji Muhammad Haji Sulaiman Said in the book "Clothing Patur Malay" baju kurung clothes now come from Johor during the reign of the late Sultan Abu Bakar in 1800 in the Teluk Belanga, Singapore.

Malacca Malay Sultanate era, people have their own clothing, namely dress baju kurung Malay origin. Baju kurung is called tight and short. Tun Hassan became pioneers when he change the form of baju kurung to the original form of Malay clothes worn now.

By Mattiebelle Gettinger, baju kurung was worn by court dancers in Palembang and clothing has become popular in Indonesia in the 20th century.

Types of Baju Kurung

Types of Baju Kurung are:

Baju Kurung Teluk Belanga

Baju kurung Teluk Belanga also better known as baju kurung or baju kurung of Johor. This shirt can be worn by men and women. Clothes worn by men is its long level buttocks, neck width and pedestal has three pocket in the left chest, right

in the chest and at the bottom front of shirt, while the baju kurung is worn by

women are its long to the knee with a pocket in the chest Left or without pocket.

Men wear trousers with either pants or Acheh panjut Trousers Women are its wear cloth with either type of batik cloth, or silk songket. This cloth is tied with the bonds which named the waves heave, which is the folds-folds that is located on the right or left side. Head cloth gloves are usually placed to the rear when worn with this baju kurung.

Baju Kurung Cekak Musang

Baju Kurung Cekak Musang is equal to the baju kurung Teluk Belanga except at the neck. Baju kurung short neck collar musang there. Wide collar that only one finger and a vertical position. On the front collar have long opening having

buttons. Usually there is a button on the collar and two or three buttons on its

opening. Button gold jewelry or gold is used as a rugged its button. Baju Kurung Cekak Musang for women may be worn with pants or cloth gloves. Pants that are often used cloth trousers, long pants and wear pants. If you want, 'samping' and shawl can also be shared. Baju Kurung Cekak Musang for men was worn with

pants and 'samping'. More fresh when when wearing 'tanjak' skull cap or wearing.

Baju Kurung Kedah

Baju Kurung Kedah believed to have originated from southern Thailand, where women now wear oval cut betel-necked shirt. It charged casually, when working at home as clothing daily. Baju Kurung Kedah usually made of cotton cloth or a

small flowering rarely thin and hard. This shirt matched with a batik sarong or pelikat tied to the front with his head in front of the motif.

Baju Kurung Moden

Baju Kurung Moden Baju Kurung Moden (for women) is worn by Malay women's clothes is the latest version. Baju Kurung Moden commonly cut is different from the traditional baju kurung deduction. Its collar is a unit and can style in many different styles. Accessories such as buttons and add paiping draw on the user. This clothing is suitable for women of high and has a body that attractive.

Malay baju kurung dress

Only when called baju kurung, it is reflected big, and cover to our clothing the entire body. However, this shirt is always a choice whether Malay women as clothes or when the official ceremony as the only clothing daily. Clothing shows the characteristics of beauty and decency to add softness to the wearer other than movements of a young woman with a personality match is true Malay.
Baju kurung is considered popular and worn by men and women. The difference lies in the pocket that has three men while women have a pocket and pocket the difference in terms of application. Understanding parentheses indirectly brought meaning 'impound or close' limb. This method is how to fulfill the concept of Malay clothes after coming of Islam, until the term 'brackets' construed as a comfortable and loose clothes, or labuh long. So called by various names such as 'baju kurung soul' even have different names but the baju kurung was displaying the characteristics of its own.