Songket
Palembang songket worn by the bride's wedding dress custom , South Sumatra. Songket traditional woven cloth is a type of Malay in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. Songket brocade fabric is classified in the family. Songket woven by hand with threads of gold and silver and is generally worn on formal occasions. metallic yarn set in a brilliant sheen effect fabric.
The word comes from the term songket sungkit in Malay and Indonesian languages, meaning "hook" or "gouged". This relates to a method of manufacture; tie and took a pinch of woven fabric, and then slipped the gold thread. In addition, according to some, the word songket also be derived from the word songka, skull cap is believed to Palembang first time the habit of weaving with gold thread started. term meaning 'to weave the threads of gold and silver'. Fancy woven songket is usually worn during the festivity, celebration or party.
Songket can be worn like a sarong wrapped around the body, slung over the shoulder, or as a headband or grade, decorative headband. Grade is a kind of hat headdress made of songket cloth commonly worn by the sultans and princes and nobles Malay Sultanate. According to tradition, songket cloth should only be woven by virgins or young girls: but now men also participated in songket weaving. Some traditional songket cloth Sumatra has a pattern that contains a specific meaning.
Songket have to go through eight ranks before becoming a piece of cloth and is still traditionally woven. Because normally weavers of the village, it is not surprising that his motives were patterned with local plants and animals. This motif is also often named after the Malay cakes like serikaya, diamonds, and the powder tray, thought to be the king of confectionary indulgence.
Songket weaving historically associated with the settlement and Malay culture, and according to some people this technique was introduced by Arab traders or India. According to the folk tale Palembang