Intricately woven, songket is not for daily wear. Intricate cross woven with gold or silver thread songket is worn during special occassion or celebration. Tied to the Malay traditional, songket originates from the eastern state of west malaysia namely Kelantan and Terengganu. A visit at a local songket maker in Pantai Cinta Berahi Kota Bharu will help in understanding the art of songket making and wearing.
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Songket and sarong, what is the different between these 2 items? Need more explanation. My wife use to wear sarong during nite day and same with my mum.
Good product for malaysia. What is the market price at your place?
Songket fabric can be made into a sarong.
Sarong is an open ended tube 1 meter in diameter is a form of clothing. Sarongs can be made from any fabric normally cotton. Suitable wear for hot tropical climate. Normally with hand/printed batik designs is a porpular day/night wear for women. If worn topless, tie it at chest. It worn as a bottom attire, tie it at waist and put on a cool cotton blouse as the top attire. Asian men wear sarong woven with coloured cotton threads. Pattern normally as checked boxes and lines. Mostly worn tied at waist with cotton top shirts. Malays wear em short ("sampin") over pants. These are normally more formal wear with golden treads pattern which is the songket.
Songket fabric is not only for the men's short sarong "sampin". They are also made into full clothings such as baju melayu, baju kurong, baju kebaya mostly worn by bride and bridegroom, or for formal wear such as graduation or hari raya.
Songket prices depends on the intricacy of the design. Recommended item is the cotton sampin with songket design for both formal and informal mens wear with the baju melayu. Available in many rich deep colour tones or light pastel colour. Short sarong prized at RM110 and full sarong at RM160 (Advice preferred method of delivery for total cost.)See additional post for pictures.
Beware of cheap Songket and visit songketmelayu.blogspot.com (in Malay)
Yes, some of them are brocade more than songket, hate them.
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