the culture of Dayak tribe Indonesia

Traditional Clothes East Kalimantan - The Dayak and Kutai tribes are the two largest entities in the culture of the people of East Kalimantan Province. The Dayak and Kutai tribes are also indigenous tribes of the Province that are capitalized in Samarinda. Because of these two things, no wonder then later the culture of these two tribes who became the main icon of the cultural tourism of East Kalimantan.

What is the uniqueness of this East Kalimantan customs clothing? What are the characteristics and differences between traditional Dayak and Kutai clothing? Check out the following exposure!

Customary Clothes East Kalimantan As described above, the indigenous people of East Kalimantan are divided into 2 large entities, Dayak and Kutai. In line with that, then the customary clothes of this province also there are 2 kinds. Dayak tribes wear clothes named Ta'a and Sapei Sapaq clothes, while Kutai tribes wear traditional clothing called Miskat shirts.
1. Dayak Custom Clothes: Ta'a and Sapei Sapaq Dayak custom clothes are generally more widely known in the national arena. This outfit consists of 2 fittings, which are Ta'a clothes worn by Dayak women and Sapei Sapaq clothes worn by men. Judging from the material of making and how to use it, these two traditional clothes of Dayak is very describes about the wisdom of the Dayak community in utilizing natural resources wisely in their daily activities.
As can be seen in the picture above, the shirt Ta'a is composed of several completeness that is the topsyet named sapei inoq, knee-length skirt named ta'a, da'a or headband made of fabric or pandan leaves with bird feather ornaments, and bracelet of the yarn spinning as a reinforcement reinforcement. Both tops, subordinates and headgear, all decorated with special screwdrivers or motifs, among them hornbill and tiger motifs for nobles, as well as motifs of plants for ordinary people. As for sapei sapaq clothes worn as customary clothes of East Kalimantan typical dayak men actually have no striking difference with ta'a clothes. Sapei sapaq clothes have the same motif as ta'a clothes. It's just that his subordinates are certainly not a skirt, but shorts named Abeq kaboq. In addition, Dayak men also use other equipment in the form of a traditional weapon that is shield and Mandau as a means of self-protection.

2.Custom Clothes Kutai: Baju Miskat In addition to Ta a and Sapei Sapaq typical Dayak, East Kalimantan is also familiar with various types of traditional clothing typical of the Kutai tribe, including shirt suits, sakai clothes, kustim clothes, shirt takwo and antakusuma vest clothes.


Among the five distinctive East Kalimantan customs of the Kutai tribe, the misskat shirt is the most popular. This shirt has now been designated as a uniform for East Kalimantan Province Civil Servants charged on certain days. The shirt model looks like a Chinese shirt, which is the top of a baju kurung, long underlings, and batik cloth waisted. The appearance of the shirt can be seen in the picture above.

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