Thé patterns in use among the Maldyus &nd Bégis are universally Tartan;
but besides ‘thefe, the Javans'pride themselves in a 'great variety :of others,
the common. people's® niy; wéa!rijfefthè Tartan pattern, - while'others prefer
thfV' JalVan bdéJe, ' qt painted dötbte; ,<M ^ e é 8ións:öf'st&t-è' tëhéy wear, in
lieu''.off the sarong or jdt-it* (the ordinary cloth of the country,, which differs
fronj )ikpifsdro?ig in not.-being unitèdl'V#-'thhJ ënds), a* dcth termed d'óêöP,
p’hieh isimade either «f-éottén*; or silk, and much larger. This is worn in
'tfcp-sahae way; but. its siSse', "and the'-mariher of its^béihg tucked up,
it .falls in ,adöind.«f drapgjty, ’which is pèculiar to Java.
ViThe.aién of■phh-löwesfc' class generally wear a pair of cdkfie 'éhoft'dtawersi
reaching towards the-knefe, with the j w r i t - o r -clothe folded round''thé waist,
and descending-'’ below the 'fctfe.es like a''short'petticoat.t This cloth is
always fucked up close round’ fhe waist, while'"thé labourer is1 at work or
moying abroad/ but loosened, and allowed to descend ufo ‘its full length,
when in the piésênoteof'ta superior. It isVfast’ened round- the waisf by a
narrow Waistband or belt '^s<3fe/i:)||||In general, - the Javans-are also provided
with a-- jacket (Jcaldmbiy,- having shopt Sleevés rèaching to the elbows,' This
ia either white, or more Frequently of ■‘fi^ht1 and dark blue sfripesv A handkerchief'
dr, tie (iJcdt) is always folded roiind tbe%eacP.; With -the' Maldyus
tt^is handkerphief^as generally of the Tartan pattern} "buf'ambbg1 the Javans
it mdfHbe b&tekAloth, and put on more in the manner of a turban than,
feheifhandk-ercbidfi^f&YlM a l& y 'u the erown bf'théhead-is covered with
it,h and the en^~are£.tiyfeked'‘in4 While, abroad, they generally "wear over it
a large hat of leaves-'or of the split and plaited bambu, ’ whiélïïshêlters them.
HKfean umbrella from thfe sun and rain. A coarse handkerchief is usually
tucked, intq tip waistband, or a small bag is0 suspended from -it;' containing
tobacco* siri, &c. Thé kris or dagger, which is universally-Worn by all
classes,- completes the dress. To that of the labourer, according to th&
work, he may be employed upon* is superadded a large knife or hatchet for
cutting wood, brushwood, or grass.
- The women, 4» like manner, wear; the cloth tucked round their Ioinsi
and. descending in th e ‘form of a petticoat-as low as. the ankles.t It is
folded somewhat differently from the cloth worn by thé men, and never
tucked up as-with them. The waistband-of girdle by which they fasten it,
is termed üdat. Round the body* passfed abóve thé bosom and close under
the
* Called by the MaMyus tain panjang or #at)4 lepas.
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