2010年9月29日星期三

Traditional Costumes of Malaysia

Most Malaysians dress as Westerners do but many Mimlim women wear long skirts/pants and head scarves.On special occasions, peple from each ethnic group wear their traditional clothes.                

For Malay women,they wear the baju kurung;Malay men wear the 
baju melayu wish a songkok on the head.Alternativeky,the men wear batik shirts with trousers.    

Indian women wear the sari.The salwar kameez or Punjabi suit is popular with northern Indian.The kurta is the traditional attire    
of men on formal occasion.     

The traditional clothes for Chinese women is the cheongsam or qipao.   

Also konwn as Baba Nyonya,they are Chinese immigrants who  
married Malay partners.They wear the elegant kebaya that can be 
described as traditional high fashion