Riau Malay Traditional Clothes: Functional, Symbolic, Aesthetic, and Cluster State Studies
Muh Fakhrihun Na’am1, Sri Endah Wahyuningsih2, Erna Setyowati3, Wulansari Prasetyaningtyas4, Arasinah Kamis5, Moh. Rusnoto Susanto6
1Muh Fakhrihun Na’am, Family Welfare Study Program, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia.
2Sri Endah Wahyuningsih, Family Welfare Study Program, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia.
3Erna Setyowati, Family Welfare Study Program, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia.
4Wulansari Prasetyaningtyas, Family Welfare Study Program, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia.
5Arasinah Kamis, Family Welfare Study Program, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia.
6Moh. Rusnoto Susanto, Family Welfare Study Program, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia.
Manuscript received on 16 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 11 July 2019 | Manuscript Published on 17 July 2019 | PP: 652-655 | Volume-8 Issue-1C2 May 2019 | Retrieval Number: A11080581C219/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: In general, Riau Malay traditional clothes consist of different types. This type of clothing is subject to the wearers’ situations, conditions and the activities. For example, certain clothes are worn in official events or for daily activities. Clothing is a cultural symbol that marks the development, acculturation, and distinctiveness of certain cultures. Clothing can also be a marker for people’s thinking including traditional clothes from the Riau Malay community. Riau traditional clothes are typically daily clothes and traditional clothes. The method of this research is the research and development (R& D) through a process of reviewing the model, and study type of the philosophical forms and meanings of traditional Malay clothing in Riau. This type of research used a qualitative descriptive that describes the findings in the form of visual data, interviews, and literacy studies to support and analyze the subject of this study. The influence of traditional Malay clothing in Riau influences the way of thinking in two communities in the region. Understanding the ancestral history based on the territory to develop an understanding and theory to emerge is called a cognate spirit.
Keywords: Traditional Clothing, Malay, Riau, Symbolic Study, Cognate.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences