🇲🇾 The sarees of Malaysia
7 sarees from Malaysia, best known first, across 2 centres and states.
Weaving centres and states of Malaysia
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreSongketᬲᭀᬂᬓᬾᬢ᭄
A hand-woven brocade cloth from Sumatra and the Malay world, with gold or silver threadSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKebayaꦏꦼꦧꦪ
A front-opening blouse worn across Southeast Asia with a sarong or kainCotton · Embroidery · Batik
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreBatikꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀
A wax-resist way of dyeing cloth, most developed on the island of JavaSilk · Tie-dye · Block print
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreSarongꦱꦫꦸꦁ
A wrapped tube of cloth worn at the waist, from the Malay world to Kerala and SomaliaCotton · Batik · Ikat
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreBrocade
A decorative shuttle-woven silk fabric patterned with raised supplementary-weft motifsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreKembenꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦤ꧀
A shoulder-baring torso wrap from Java and Bali, wound from a length of kain clothBatik · Ikat
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 4 moreSbaiស្បៃ
A shawl-like breast cloth derived from the sari, worn over one shoulder in Southeast AsiaSilk · Embroidery · Brocade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sarong: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Songket: Rijksmuseum, CC0, source
- Kemben: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sbai: Stephowz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kebaya: Simon_sees, CC BY 2.0, source
- Batik: Fpangestuphotographer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brocade: After James Lehman (England, circa 1688-1745), Public domain, source