5/19/2023 0 Comments Grandpa's Slippers by Joy Watson![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The woman wears a baju kurung with jewellery called a dokoh (photo courtesy of Charlene Wong-Podany). The man wears a baju Melayu cekak musang with samping in songket material. Songket is a type of fabric woven with gold or silver threads. The ones for special occasions are made of songket. Baju Melayu and baju kurung for day-to-day use is made of cotton or a cotton/polyester blend. The baju kurung is made up of a long, loose, long sleeved blouse called the baju, and a long skirt. The baju Melayu kolar Tunku looks like a Mandarin collar, where the collar has no buttons, and there are 3 buttons on the shirt.įor women, the national dress is called the baju kurung (pronounced ba-joo koo-rong). The baju Melayu Teluk Belanga, from the Malaysian state of Johor, does not have a stiff collar and the samping is worn under the shirt. For men, there are 3 types of baju Melayu, mainly distinguished by the collar: the baju Melayu cekak musang has a stiff collar and 5 buttons (2 buttons are on the collar), and the samping is worn over the shirt. The baju Melayu is made up of a shirt, matching trousers, worn with a samping, a sort-of sarong worn around the waist. The national dress of Malaysia is the baju Melayu for men, which literally translates as ‘Malay shirt’. It was Malaysia’s national day yesterday, so I thought I would write about the national dress of Malaysia, as well as the baju kebaya from Malaysia. ![]()
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