Songkok, Sampin and Buttons

Usually, when men wear baju Melayu they don't forget the other two 2 things which are songkok and sampin. Its become incomplete if men forget these two attractive attire.There are a lot of variety for songkok and sampin. Men can get any desirable songkok and sampin with unique patterns and beautiful colours. Normally, the patterns of the songkok and sampin itself were woven by gifted person who are expert in wovening songkok and sampin. 

As you guys can see, below are the examples of songkok and sampin.

Songkok

Sampin

For baju Melayu Cekak Musang, its cannot be separate from wearing buttons. This is because baju Melayu Cekak Musang have overlapped button contradict with baju Melayu Teluk Belanga that only used one buttons. Buttons can have either chained buttons or unchained buttons. However, its depends on the people creativity on how to wear it. Here are the xamples of buttons for baju Melayu.

chained buttons

 

unchained buttons

When men wear baju Melayu??

Basically, baju Melayu does not have the limitation of occasion for man to wear it. Most of men wear baju Melayu within in a week. Below are the example of occasion that involved baju Melayu.

1. During Hari Raya Celebration

2. During formal occasion such as the Pingat Darjah Kebesaran occasion, graduation day and academic day

 

3. For wedding occasion especially during akad nikah

4. When circumcision

5. Most of the man wear baju Melayu to perform prayer either solat jumaat or five times a day pray. 

Tools for Sew Baju Melayu

Here is the tools needed for sewing baju Melayu.

Fabrics (this is the satin fabrics)

the measurement of fabric: for adult 4metre, 3-3.5metre for children aged 5-12 and for children below 5 years is 2metre

the fabrics could be cotton,polyester,chiffon and satin

scissors for cutting

measuring tape for measurement of the ctoth

rulers

threads

pen, pencil and chalk for marking the measurement on cloth

needle and needle threader

notebook for jot down the measrument

seam ripper for making holes for button

Baju Melayu Cekak Musang vs Baju Melayu Teluk Belanga

As I mentioned earlier, there are two types of baju Melayu which are

Baju Melayu Cekak Musang and Baju Melayu Teluk Belanga...

Baju Melayu Cekak Musang

This term is related with the spiral pattern collar whereas it has high-neck. Additionally, its also refer to the collar which has 2.5cm high all around the neck. Baju Melayu Cekak Musang was wore in Johor during the administration of Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Sultan Abu Bakar. Usually, this type of Baju Melayu popularized in middle and north of Malaysia. The way of wearing sampin with baju Melayu Cekak Musang is also different. This is because usually, sampin is wearing outside of the cloth itself. This was shown by the model below.

 

 

 

 Baju Teluk Belanga

However, the pattern of Baju Melayu Teluk Belanga is focused on the neck of the cloth that was been sew using embroidery. There are variety of embroidery of Baju Melayu Teluk Belanga which are Mata Lalat, Tulang Belut and many more.

Baju Melayu Teluk Belanga is more popular in south of Malaysia. According to the history, this type of Baju Melayu is from Teluk Belanga, Singapore and be widely spread as a special features of Johore mostly during 19th century. Besides, its also a men cloth that has been designed by Sultan Abu Bakar on 1866 as a celebration for state capital from Teluk Belanga in Singapore to Johor Bahru.

Similar with Baju Melayu Cekak Musang, Baju Melayu Teluk Belanga has its own style of wearing sampin which is wear inside the cloth. This was shown by the model below.

The History of Baju Melayu

The first entry is all about the history of  baju Melayu.

What is Baju Melayu?

Actually, baju Melayu is the general traditional costume for Malay especially for male. From the trustworthy fact, baju Melayu has been existence in this world since 15th century. The first person who wear and popularized baju Melayu in the 15th century is Tun Hassan Temenggong, which is the son of Bendahara Seri Maharaja Tun Mutahir. A part from that, usually baju Melayu has two styles which are Baju Melayu Cekak Musang and Baju Melayu Teluk Belanga.

Baju Melayu is the general reference to the traditional Malay costume for men and it is said that the style has been in existence since the 15th Century. Actually it has two specific style names, the Baju Kurung Cekak Musang and the Baju Kurung Teluk Belanga.

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The Malacca Empire was enjoying its heydays during the 15th to early 16th Century  was a center of entreport trade, with traders from India, China, Middle East and Europe coming and sailing to trade there.

With the influx of foreigners to Malacca, they also brought with them their own fashion styles. These eventually influenced the Malay attire, which combined the flowing loose fitting styles (robes) of the Arabs and Indians, trousers and pants of the Mongols and Turks, with the simplicity and elegance of the Europeans. And then, Baju Melayu was born.

Introductory

Assalamualaikum..and good evening everyone..

Here, we meet again for my second blog for Introduction to the E-Learning (ITE 3543). This is third task for this subject. The review for this blog is about the Malay culture which are food, clothes, sport and many more.

As we know, Malay is rich with traditional food, clothes and sport. For this blog, I've choose Malay traditional cloth which is baju Melayu.

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