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The costume of the Melanau ethnic in Dalat is strongly associated with daily lives practices like custom and abstention. For example, the costume in the custom of pre and post wedding, during death and burial, in the kaul ceremony including the tibau game, and traditional healing that is bebayuh.
Originally, the attire of the Melanau community of a liko or Dalat pagan is simple. The males only use two cloths that are a black cloth tied simplified on the head like a head cover, and a black sarong made into a loin cloth, as well as tree bark shirt.
The Melanau Dalat ethnic are also experts in making attire and sewing joint cut cloths using pineapple leaf fibre due to the absence of sewing thread unlike it is now.
The costume of the Melanau ethnic in Dalat is strongly associated with daily lives practices like custom and abstention. For example, the costume in the custom of pre and post wedding, during death and burial, in the kaul ceremony including the tibau game, and traditional healing that is bebayuh.
Male Costume:
Bajo Kancin:
Bajo kancin or baju butang is adorned with a head tie of batik cloth and maroon songket cloth for the samping (sarong tied on the waist up to knee level). No emblems on the kancin, beads and lace as these are just for decoration only. This attire is for daily wear, but nowadays are only adorn when there is a merriment or wedding.
Female Costume:
Bajo Baban was originally without bead decoration and lace, and worn as daily wear. Nowadays, this short black kurung is decorated with beads, and added with yellow laces signifying golden colour, as well as using dapet, an iron belt. It is worn with batik sarong or maroon bidek lugik songket sarong as this colour is easily available while other colours were difficult to be produced at those times.
Baju baban is a must for attending certain functions, custom ceremonies or festivities till today.
Male Costume:
Bajo Kancin:
Bajo kancin or baju butang is adorned with a head tie of batik cloth and maroon songket cloth for the samping (sarong tied on the waist up to knee level). No emblems on the kancin, beads and lace as these are just for decoration only. This attire is for daily wear, but nowadays are only adorn when there is a merriment or wedding.
Female Costume:
The females use two pieces of cloths that are a sarong worn at chest level up to knee level, and a sarong or black cloth as head cover.
The earliest costume that is still maintained today is bajo baban. Others are bajo kurong dadit and baju kebaya dadit matched with batik sarong. Sera’o is used to cover the head, if it is wished so.
The arrival of Chinese traders indirectly influenced and added on to the female costume. They wear baju kebaya dadit draw akin to the Baba Nyonya costume with batik sarong at weddings or for outdoor activities.
Bajo Baban was originally without bead decoration and lace, and worn as daily wear. Nowadays, this short black kurung is decorated with beads, and added with yellow laces signifying golden colour, as well as using dapet, an iron belt. It is worn with batik sarong or maroon bidek lugik songket sarong as this colour is easily available while other colours were difficult to be produced at those times.
Sarongs made from sugar gunny sack are also worn. It is improvised to be a sarong matched with kurung dadit or kebaya dadit, sewn using pineapple leaf fibre. The sarong is also black in colour only.
Reference Source
https://pentasdarulhana.blogspot.my/2020/11/adi-badiozaman-tah-jadi-ahli-mppk.html
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FspKCAFX0e8
Zaini Bin Oje @ Ozea. 1997, Bahasa Melanau Dalam Konteks Perubahan Budaya. Jurnal Sarawak Muzium. Vol. XLVII. Special Issue No.5. Part II. Seminar II Warisan Budaya Malay dan Melanau, 1993. Kuching: The Museum.
Dr. Tengku Intan Zarina Bt Tengku Puji, 2014. Analisa Terhadap Adat dan Keistimewaan Masyarakat Melanau di Sarawak, Seminar Antarabangsa Dakwah & Etnik.
Yasir Abdul Rahman, 1987. Melanau Mukah: Satu Kajian Budaya. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahawa dan Pustaka.
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