Songket is a type of traditional woven cloth Malays. Songket usually woven by hand with gold and silver threads and generally worn on formal occasions. Songket origins are from ancient trade between China and India. People Tionghoa provide silk, while the Indians contributed gold and silver thread. As a result, be songket.
Songket fabric woven on a frame loom Malays. Intricate patterns are created by introducing the threads of gold or silver with the use of an extra piece of flat needles.
Songket must go through eight ranks before becoming a piece of cloth and still woven traditionally. Because the weavers are usually from the village, it is not surprising that his motives were patterned after the local flora and fauna. This motif was also named to the Malays as a series of local cake is rich, diamonds, and meal tray, which is presumably a king's favorite.
Exclusive songket require between one and three months to complete, while ordinary songket only takes about three days.
At first the man using songket as a headband or headband. Then it began to Malays woman wearing gloves with songket baju kurung. Songket today is a popular choice for wedding dress is often given by the Malays and the bridegroom to the bride as one of the wedding gift.
Judging from the price, songket is not intended only for people who are just because the price varies from the usual and considered to be cheap, exclusive to a very high price.
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