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Customs Cloth Lampung Province


Lampung is the southernmost province on the island of Sumatra. Its location adjacent to Java Island made Lampung in the past became one of the transmigration destination of Java's population. This causes the inhabitants of this province to be very heterogeneous. There are many tribes who live in this province, among them the tribe of Java, Sundanese, Bali, and Lampung own tribe.

Custom Clothes Lampung

Despite having a population of heterogeneous tribes, the indigenous culture of Lampung itself is still sustainable. One of the cultural heritage that we can still often see is the traditional clothes of Lampung.

Traditional clothing Lampung Lampung is a cultural heritage that is very distinctive and has a high artistic value. Traditional clothing is often used by the bride as a symbol of cultural greatness Lampung. This outfit is also sometimes used in dance performances in the Lampung area, such as dance worship, dance bedana, and so forth.


Custom Clothes Male Lampung

Traditional clothing male Lampung tribe is generally quite simple, ie in the form of white long-sleeved shirt, black trousers, tumpal gloves, sesururan and ultimate khikat. Tumpal gloves are sarong cloth typical of Lampung woven using gold thread. This sarong is used outside the pants, from knee to waist. After a sarong, a sheath or a piece of white cloth with a ringgit tassel is tied around the outside of the holster, while the final khikat or the square shawl is wrapped around the shoulders covering the shoulders.

The traditional bridal clothes of Lampung tribe are equipped with various jewelry trinkets. There are at least 8 jewels worn by men, including golden skullcap, neck jewelry, chest jewelry, waist jewelry, and sleeveless jewelry. Here is an explanation of some of these jewelry : 

Row board necklace is a necklace with hangers in the form of 3 small siger plates or boats arranged with different sizes. The philosophy of this necklace is a new symbol of life that they will see and continue for generations.

The punishment necklace is a necklace with a hanger in the form of a series of miniatures of the fruits as a symbol of prayer so that they soon get offspring.

Selempeng pinang is a long necklace in the form of a fruit or flower hanging hanger.

The belt is called sulu fur equipped with a terapang (keris) which became a traditional weapon typical of Lampung.

The bird bracelet is a flattened bracelet with accessories of an eagle flying form. Bracelet worn on the right and left arm arm symbolizes the long life and kinship that existed after marriage.

Canoe bracelet is a bracelet resembling a tire shape. Bracelets worn on the left and right arm under the bracelet symbolize this restriction on all bad deeds after marriage.

Bracelet is a bracelet worn under a canoe bracelet. This bracelet symbolizes the prayer to immediately get the offspring.

Traditional Women's Clothing Lampung

Lampung's traditional bridal attire is not so different from his men's clothes. Sesaling, final khikat, sarong rumpai (tapis) also found in this bride's clothes. However, in women there are other equipment that adds philosophical and aesthetic values such as selappai, bebe, katu tapis dewa sano.

Selappai is a sleeveless outfit with a roughly trimmed edges of ringgit tassel, bebe is a floating lotus-shaped satin floating embroidery, while a satanic goddess filter is a ringit ringer from a japanese japanese filter.

Lampung's traditional bridal attire is not so different from his men's clothes. Sesaling, final khikat, sarong rumpai (tapis) also found in this bride's clothes. However, in women there are other equipment that adds philosophical and aesthetic values such as selappai, bebe, satan goddess filtering.

Selappai is a sleeveless outfit with a roughly trimmed edges of ringgit tassel, bebe is a floating lotus-shaped satin floating embroidery, while a satanic goddess filter is a ringit ringer from a japanese japanese filter.

Although traditional clothes Lampung for women seem simple, but there are quite a lot of accessories that must be worn. Among them siger, moon month, peneken, reach siger, subang, hair flower, and various jewelry of neck and chest.

1. Siger
Siger is a typical gold crown worn on the bride's head. This crown symbolizes the majesty of Lampung cultural customs. Siger has 9 ruji, indicating that there are 9 major rivers contained in Lampung, the Way Watermelon, Way Sekampung, Way Seputih, Way Sunkai, Way Abung Pareng, Way Bone Onion, Way Right, and Way Mesuji.

2. Seraja Bulan
The moon is a small 3 tested crown that sits on top of a siger with a total of 5 pieces. The traditional clothing accessories of Lampung has a philosophy as a reminder that once there were five kingdoms that had power in Lampung, the kingdom of queens dibelalau, queen dipuncak, queen back, queen dipemangilan, and queen of white blood. In addition, the moon can also symbolize the 5 life philosophy of indigenous people of Lampung, among them piil pesengiri (self-esteem), meet nyimah (open hands), nengah nyappur (live in society), juluk adek (named bergeling), and sakai sembayan (mutual cooperation).

3. Subang
Subang is a jewelry hanging on the tip of the earlobe. Subang usually shaped like a walnut and made of gold. In the subang there are some yellow round yellow wire that serves as a sangkuatan umbai-umbai.

4. Neck and Chest Jewelry
Some of the neck and chest jewelry contained in traditional clothing of Lampung, among others, punishment necklace, ringit necklace, and necklace board. The parchment necklace is a necklace with 3 small siger slats or a boat that symbolizes a new life for the brides, a ringit necklace is a necklace with accessories of nine pieces of ringit, while a jeweled fruit necklace is a jewel-shaped necklace assembled symbolically to get them Offspring.

5. Waist and Arm Jewelry
Waist jewelry in the form of a sling pinang that hung from the shoulder to the waist like a flower and fur serti a belt made of red velvet fabric decorated with brass flower petals.

Jewelry sleeves of various types of bracelets, such as bird bracelets, canoe bracelets, seed bracelets, and bracelets. The philosophical significance of the bracelets worn by women is the same as the bracelets worn by men.

Thus a glimpse of Lampung traditional clothing and various accessories. May this Indonesian cultural heritage be part of world cultural heritage. May be useful !
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