Traditional Indonesian Men S Clothing

The national costume of indonesia is the national costume that represents the republic of indonesia it is derived from indonesian culture and indonesian traditional textile traditions.

Traditional indonesian men s clothing.

Indonesia clothing for men also includes the traditional sarong. Indonesian ikat fabric for children day to day traditional clothes children are wearing a clothes called monkey clothes which is a clothes with an ankle width pants and kopiah traditional head cover. Indonesians have generally used batik to decorate items of clothing. They wear traditional dress on special occasions.

Such cloth always has very beautiful patterns which differ from region to region. Day to day traditional clothes are each divided by three categories also. Indonesia is the biggest island state in the world with over 70 000 islands it is a multi diverse state with over 30 provinces that have their unique traditional attires. Women generally wear dresses or skirts and blouses.

In general the people wear clothes that are similar to western style. Indonesian culture has been influenced by numerous religions including christianity islam confucianism buddhism and hinduism for centuries now despite the foreign influence various regions have preserved their indigenous. Because of the warm and humid tropical climate traditional indonesian clothing is fairly simple and comfortable. Indonesian men generally wore sarongs usually with a checkered pattern in the home.

Indonesian clothing is light in weight because of the hot and humid climate. There are certain styles that are worn around the house and other more ornate ones that are worn for the temple or mosque. One of the most common type of clothing is kain sarong or tubular cloth. The day to day sarongs are made in the sheath style and usually with a brown checked pattern.

Pattern may slightly vary. Children clothes adult clothes and elder clothes. Indonesian men generally wore sarongs usually with a checkered pattern in the home. The most popular male costume in indonesia is a batik shirt.

Comfortable enough for casual daywear or for formal events on the islands this garment by designer donald wira putra features a chest pocket and coconut shell button placket. Men wear pants and shirts sometimes with a tie. Batik shirts are sewn from batik fabric and worn by men in indonesia especially in java. In public the sarong is worn only when attending friday prayers at the mosque.

Our collection of men s clothing is handcrafted by talented artisans in indonesia using the traditional batik technique. Actually batik is a cloth made using a wax resist hand dyeing technique. Today the most widely recognized indonesian national costumes include batik and kebaya although originally those costumes mainly belong within the island of java and bali most prominently within javanese.