Javanese Traditional Clothes are Popular among Foreign Tourists

Of the times now, and the popularity of various clothing products that appear, so pay attention to various groups. From this perspective we should not Brazilians about ancestral heritage as a legacy to the posterity of this nation. Traditional clothing is an ancestral heritage that is unbelievably valuable. We should preserve it as an heir. Great nation is a nation that has not forgotten ancestral heritage.

Types of clothing and the accessories worn by the women of Java, especially in the cultural environment of Yogyakarta and Surakarta, Central Java is the kebaya dress, tank top and fabric tapih pinjung with Stagen. Baju kebaya worn by the duchess as well as among ordinary people both as everyday clothing and ceremonial dress. In ceremonial dress, as worn by a garwo dalem for example, using a pin joint kebaya dress paired with a cloth or jarik sinjang batik style, the head of the hair bun (bun), and comes with a worn jewelry such as earrings, rings, necklaces and bracelets as well as fan usually does not miss. Everyday clothing for women generally wear strapless enough Java combined with jarik Stagen and fabric. Tank used to cover the breasts, underarms and back, because the fabric is enough tank width and length. While Stagen wound in the abdomen to bind tapihan pinjung so strong and not easily separated.
Today, kebaya dress generally worn only on certain days only, as in traditional ceremonies for example. Baju kebaya here is a long-sleeved blouse worn out long-patterned cloth or gloves that cover the lower part of the body (from the ankles to the waist). Kebaya length varies, ranging from the size around the hips up to sizes above the knee. Therefore, a Javanese woman knows two kinds of kebaya, namely the short kebaya kebaya measuring up to the hips and length is sized to the knee.
Short kebaya can be made from various kinds of cotton, either plain with one color such as red, white, yellow, green, blue and so forth as well as cotton or embroidered flowers. Currently, short kebaya can be made from silk, cloth sunduri (Brocade), nylon, striated or synthetic materials. Meanwhile, long kebaya more use of velvet, brocade, silk or nylon embroidered flowers. Among women in Java, baju kebaya usually they are given additional materials in a rectangular-shaped. The front that serves as a connector.
Baju kebaya worn with a cloth sinjang jarik / tapih where at the front of the left made wiron (folds) that is wrapped from left to right. Stagen used to cover the rainbow scarf woven from brightly colored dye. Scarves are worn should be made of batik, striated matching fabric or cloth tie bag. In addition to striated fabric, gabardine fabric can also wear the tartan fine with the following color combinations: dark green with black, purple with black, blue being the black, yellow with black and red brick with black. Completeness of a simple piece of jewelry can be worn with a necklace of small earrings and matching pendant, ring, bracelet and a pair of hairpin on the bun.

Baju kebaya length usually use velvet, brocade, silk or nylon embroidered. Today, long kebaya outfit is a dress for the wedding ceremony. And is commonly used also by the bride Sunda, Bali and Madura. The length of this kebaya dress to the knee, can also use additional materials in the face but not arched neck (collar). In general, long kebaya made of black velvet or scarlet, adorned with gold ribbon at the edge of the edge of clothes. Pleated batik cloth jarik (wiron) still needed for these clothes, but usually without wearing a scarf. Bun decorated with garlands of jasmine and gold hairpin. Meanwhile, the jewelry used is also simple, namely an almost semi-circular shaped comb that is used next to the front center of the head. Baju kebaya worn long as a regular ceremonial dress, the make-up hair without a strand of jasmine flowers and the hairpin.
On techniques and how to create a very simple kebaya outfit. Cuts and Javanese kebaya model, which is also used in South Sumatra, Kalimantan coastal areas, islands of Sumbawa and Timor is actually similar to the blouse. This shirt is composed of two strands of pieces, namely a front section and a longer piece of the back, and two sleeves. The model can be coupled with a rectangular piece of material that is used as a connector between two pieces of the face.

In the body of the kebaya is cut in such a way that does not require krup. This is so that really form the body at the waist and breasts and a bit wide in the hips. Meanwhile, folds down the back and sides should be the same width and head to the front with a slightly tapered. Neck curved into one with the front of the kebaya. This arch should be wide enough so that it can be folded inward to vuring then folded again to form a curved neck out. All of these pieces dapatdikerjakan with a sewing machine or sewn by hand.
While the fashion among men, especially the relatives of the palace is wearing wear beskap flowers or other flowers, at the head wearing headband (blankon), side fabric jarik, Stagen to bind the fabric side, a dagger and footwear (cemila). Is called Jawi Jangkep Clothing, namely men's fashion with kris in full Java.
Although the art of fashion is well developed in the palace, does not mean fashion in an environment of ordinary people there is nothing typical. Traditional clothing of ordinary people is widely used by farmers in the village. Clothing worn is black drawstring pants, long sleeves, big belt, headband and gloves when evening wear. But at the wedding ceremony, the bride usually their parents put on fabric and belt sindur jarik. His clothes beskap or sikepan and wear on the head headband.
Clothing basahan
One of the most beautiful kind custom clothing and comprehensive in Indonesia are in the palace of Surakarta, Central Java. Therefore, each type of clothing that shows certain stages and everyone's use. In a traditional wedding dress for example, a woman and man among the palace wearing some type of clothing, which is adjusted to stage the ceremony, namely midodareni, consent, and after the ceremony Panggih Panggih. At the ceremony midodareni, the bride wore clothing with color kejawen sawitan. Sawitan kebaya dress consists of long sleeve, Stagen and jarik fabric with batik patterns. While the bridegroom wear clothes way Jangkep Jawi, which consisted of clothing atela, udeng, sikepan, belt buckle, fabric jarik, a dagger and slippers.
At the ceremony consent, the bride's dress is worn shirt and fabric jarik kebaya, while the groom wore clothing basahan. Clothing basahan groom here consists of kuluk Matak plot, dodot up tulak, Stagen, complete with buckle belt and Cinde, white trousers, a dagger sheath ladrang and slippers.
Similarly, at the ceremony the bride and groom wear Panggih type of clothing that have been defined. The bride wore traditional clothes together, basahan. Clothing basahan is not wearing clothes, but rather consists of semekan or tank top, build dodot tulak or seam, or shawl sekar sampur Cinde abrit and Cinde sekar jarik red cloth. Semekan or tank top is made of batik cloth with a pattern of base-reason green or blue base color with a decorative yellow or white gold. Strapless dress here serves as a substitute and a complement to cover the breasts. Dodot fabric using pedestal-style batik long excuse about 4-5 meters, and is a staple in fashion clothes basahan. Cinde sekar abrit Shawl made from the basic colors of red cloth with black floral and fabric jarik Cinde sekar abrit gloyar made of cloth, decorated with a red base color is black and white flowers. How to wear this cloth like fabric jarik but no folds (wiron). Similar to the bride, pengatin men also wear traditional clothing basahan, a wake dodot tulak, consisting of light blue kuluk Matak, Stagen, belt buckle, epek, dodot tulak up, pants Cinde sekar abrit, dagger sheath ladrang, under the charisma, slippers jewelry necklace and stretching. 
In this Panggih ceremony, usually the bride and groom wedding dress basahan equip with various jewels. Jewelry used by the bridegroom is the chain elongation, buckle / epek, rings, brooches and pufferfish. As for the bride, jewelry commonly used is cunduk mentul, teeter, tuft of hair, necklaces, bracelets, rings, brooches, earrings and buckle or epek.
Unlike the earlier stages of the ceremony, the ceremony after Panggih, the bride wore clothing kanigaran, which consists of kebaya dress, fabric jarik, Stagen and slippers. While the groom using principality outfit, which consists of kuluk Kanigoro, Stagen, takwo clothes, belt buckle, fabric jarik, a dagger sheath ladrang and slippers.
For completeness, in a traditional wedding dress, then both the bride and men usually makeup on the face and bun. The goal is to make the bride look more beautiful and angun and groom more dashing and handsome. For the groom, the way her makeup is so elaborate and meticulous as the bride to be makeup on the face from face, eyes, eyebrows, cheeks and lips.
Clothing Java both everyday wear and ceremonial dress is very rich in decoration that often has a symbolic meaning behind it. This type of decoration is known in the region of Surakarta and Yogyakarta is motivated tematema geometric fabric, the swastika (such as stars and the sun), animals (eg birds, snakes, buffalo, dragons), plants (lotus flower, jasmine) and the nature and humans. Geometric motifs include a patterned batik cloth curls, twist, curl and double double gyre. Motif in the form of lines cut into the so-called ladder motif is a symbol of the ancestors is heading up the stairs to heaven. Even the motives of the most recognized by the people of Surakarta is tumpal triangular motif called Walang untu, which symbolizes fertility.
In the special dresses for the marriage ceremony is also known motifs on batik, such as fabric and truntum sindur used by parents bride. While the fabric Sido mukti, noble fabrics and Sido Sido Mulyo a bride outfit.
Clothing functions, originally used as a tool to protect the body from cold or hot weather. Then the clothes become more diverse functions, eg to cover nakedness, as a complementary element of the ceremony that bears a certain value, or as a means of meeting the needs of beauty.
In societies in Central Java, especially in Surakarta clothes quite diverse functions, such as the aristocratic society clothing has a practical function, aesthetic, religious, social and symbolic. As kebaya cloth practical function is to maintain the warmth and body health; aesthetic function, which decorate the body in order to look more beautiful and attractive; social function that is learning to maintain honor a woman that are not easily give up her femininity by dressing as close and as neat as possible, and wear Stagen as strong as possible so as not easily separated.

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