Traditional fashions of Indonesia

Indonesia is known for its fabulous Bali Island and its friendly family Indonesia is also famous for its agriculture in Indonesia, there are many traditional dances, of that kind as Minangkabau dancing from Sulawesi and Reog Ponorogo from East Java. Moreover, there are numerous amazing festivals: Wayang Festival is single example. Even though Indonesian agricultures are very rich, I am not going to write about all of them in this article. Instead, I am going to write about the traditional fashion of Indonesia.

individual of the well-known fashions of indonesia is "Kebaya". Kebaya is originally from Java and it is also a work of art. Because of its detailed decorations, this traditional style of dress is considered timeless--it takes apportionments of time to make it. Materials used for making this style of dress are very high quality; there are always single outed Indonesian fabrics with specific and special patterns used for shirts, sleeve and lapels. Because of its elegance, Indonesians be fond of to wear Kebaya for special occasions, of that kind as traditional weddings. Kebaya is usually worn by the agency of women. It is a blouse with allotments of decorations and it is sheer. Women wear a "kemben", like a tank top, underneath the blouse and then above the blouse, they put upon necklaces as additional accessories. Furthermore, for the skirt, known as a "sarong", nation wrap a large sheet of fabric around the waist. Usually, the sarong also has traditional designs. These designs are "hand-drawn designs which are transformed onto fabric with wax; then, the fabric is dy scraped, and dy again color by means of color until the design is complete" (http://www.kebayas.com/sarong.html) Kebaya is single of the famous fashions of Indonesia; it is actual unique and detailed; therefore, a doom of people love to wear it.

Kebaya has been simplified and modified. Formerly, there were not apportionments of varieties and decorations. fresh Kebayas are combined with Eastern and Western mode of expressions Also, there are numerous varieties of materials used to make Kebayas, from ordinary to elegant and shiny materials with allotments of beads on it. tribe sometimes combine a Kebaya with a drawn out scarf in order to make it gaze more stylish. Nowadays, Kebaya is plenteous simpler and quicker to wear than in the past because the kemben has been combined with the blouse already. Sarongs have also been simplified. Sometimes they are just like pants--they have a zipper and easy to wear.

Aside from Kebaya, other Indonesian fashions are "Bodo" and "Mingakabau" shirts from southern Sulawesi, "Kurung" shirt from West Sumatra, "Balinese" shirt from Bali, "Betawi" shirt from Jakarta, and many other traditional fashions.

Sisylia Ocatavia Candra, now studying in Canada, is an ICAF Youth Board Member from Indonesia. She and her three sisters have together won 1153 awards in local, national and international art competitions.

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