Jjoqnently use. scents.in dressing.it, and -on'.state ?days‘,omamesti.it with a
great, variety o f : flowers,- diamond-headed .pinsj and other jewellery. .Both
litfwnje.-theiripersonsir^thj.i^fFeBeBt.Tspecies of fragrant Oils?: as .'the
Idng’ü'ékandéna (sandal-.wood,'oil), langpa kandng'a, lang'a. gdru,- Pang’a
gandapüra, and lang1 a jeru, and adorn the: skin, with a- .variety; of-powders
called bóré; as the bóré küning (yellow powder), • bóré.érang (black), ’ Soré
sari, and bare k’lambak. To.th.esp may be. added the, general use ,-oft musk,
termed by:.them- dédes. . In- the..demises•_ of- the higher- orders,-, dwpa,\or
incense, of .benjamin, and other, odoriferous gums, is generally burnt.
, .The] priests generally.di;e§s. in white, and imitate .the turbans; of the Arabs.
-L Such Js.;'.tèe ordinary. costume„ of~the bulk-, of:thé population, as. it:ds
us.ually^seen^in .all that part of^the, island peculiarly^ called Java. -> In the
jvestern.or.A?}n.dtf districts, ithe common .people are. ,-by, no means so well
supplied with articles of dress as in the-eastern, They- are oftemseen
with little. .(MbdWx covering, .beyond.a piece] of every] coarse cloth tied:?rOuiid
the waist. ,The llegents.'Of chiefs, of provinces ,in these, districts generally
Wear, when; on public duty iwith. the officers of the. European government*
a, velvet .pap. Ornamented .with gold, lace, ■ differing in ^ashion,in,-eajghispSo-
vince, but usually calculated^, to-shade the face.! from th.e;d®ectrays.of the
sun. In,the eastern districts .the chiefs,\on similar occasions,weanthelcap
called. which will be more particularly mentioned-as part ofi the/'court
dress, fi ,
.Besides what may be thus termed.the ordinary. dress, .two grand distinctions
are noticed in the costume of the. Javans; these-are(.the war idress
and the; court .dress.* The former .consists of chetdna. ;Of.pantalöons, :but-
toned from^the .hip.Sown to the ancles j the Mfo/r, short kilt ’oripetBcoateof
cplouredisilk or fine cotton, . descending ju s t:below., the::.knee; and .the
amben or girth,, rolled tightly round .the body .Severnor eight: times, like:a
military . sash, and securing the whole, body from below the: arms to .the, hips. :
this.is uiade. either,.of silk or very fine;cotton. .«Over this is.drawn a tight
..yest without buttons,. termed., and-over this .again the] ordinary
.Vest.or kbtan with buttons, .buttoning close, round the .body.and neck,-j#e
sikapan ov jacket being worn-oyer^the whole.- „The tddung,"or.shadetfhrThe
face, ;is usually ; worn ,on this .occasi.qn*; as well as-:shoes or sandals.:: The
angger or sword belt, , which. goes, round the waist, i alfe forms in gsaènf,kl
part