Indonesian Traditional Wedding Dress

Holiday Ayo - Getting married and wearing a beautiful dress may be every woman's dream, look charming like a queen on your wedding day. The desire for wedding dress often have to consider customs, especially if you live in Eastern country like Indonesia.
This is very interesting to discuss because Indonesia has a lot of customs, race and there is a lot different wedding dress from each region.
Let's find out what wedding dress Indonesia :
West Sumatera
For wedding customs, the West Sumatran people usually wear the Penghulu and Bundo Kanduang clothes. This is a traditional West Sumatran dress that is identical with red color and complete accessories as a head covering. The accessories are quite a lot, especially for the bride and groom. West Sumatra is famous for the Gadang house as a traditional house. This symbol is also included in the motifs and patterns in traditional West Sumatran clothes.
Riau
For the Riau region, the wedding dress used is a kebaya. Similar to other traditional Sumatran clothing, Riau traditional clothing has a strong influence from Malay culture.
Malay clothing such as the Baju kurung, the cekak musang, to the Teluk Belanga dress are commonly worn by the Riau people in traditional ceremonies or other official events.
The form of Riau's traditional clothing is generally closed and long which shows the value of modesty and the religion of Islam. The strong Malay influence can be seen from the model which is simple, loose and has a high collar.
Java
Javanese traditional clothing is identical to the kebaya, velvet cloth to batik cloth. Batik has long been recognized as one of the identities of the Indonesian people. In fact, in 2009 UNESCO established batik as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Unlike other regions, Javanese people believe black is the color for weddings.
in Javanese custom, black has a symbol of wisdom and wholeness. Javanese brides are expected to wear black so that their household will always be filled with wisdom. The black color will also make the wearer look elegant and classy.
Which one do you like for your wedding?








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