Thursday, June 10, 2010

Dayak Tribe

Bridal Costume of the Dayak's
bridal costum dayak

Dayak tribes, bridal costumes each differ in their weaving motifs. The bride usually wears a " sapai ", a dress elaborately decorated with beads and tiny bells, and a ketau tapeh, a cloth woven by the bridge herself using special tree roots for materials.

typical dayak tribe women

The bridegroom wears a woven red colored hat, called, " kesapu'up", and a shirt or "sapai" woven also by the bridegroom himself. He also wears a white or pink colored loin cloth called "bellet bagamai" to complete hi wedding attire.

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