Joget
Joget
COSTUMES OF JOGET
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ABOUT THE COSTUMES
Joget is known to be the most favourable dance across Malaysia and Singapore. There are various types of Joget such as Joget Lambak.
The rhythms of the feet movements where there is a switch of weight to the beat 1 and 2 contributes to the reason why the costumes are simple and light to don.
How does the history and movements of Joget influence the costumes?
This heavy movements requires a lighter costumes and a costume that allows the dancers to move freely and easily.
It also due to the fast paced movements that contributes to the simple costumes.
The Women
The Women of Joget Dance are commonly dressed in simply a Baju Kurung as well as Sanggul (Slide 2). It is one the simplest costumes out of the 4 genres (Farah Mirrudin, 2016).
As mentioned in the Zapin section, the Sanggul can come in different shapes or forms. In Zapin the Sanggul commonly worn are the flowers, however in Joget, they wear a lot of the copper forms. As seen in slide 2, you can see the bigger Sanggul placed nicely on the woman's head.
The Men
The men are dashingly fitted in, what is called, the Baju Melayu (Slide 3), Kain Samping (Slide 3) as well as the Songkok (Slide 2) (Farah Mirrudin, 2016).
What is a songkok?
The Songkok, a symbol of Malay culture, can be found commonly in towns and cities around Malaysia. It’s often worn at formal occasions such as weddings, funerals and, of course, Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha holidays. The cap complements the traditional Malay attire consisting of colourful matching shirts and pants. This is why it is also often worn as costumes for Malay Dance (Bedford, 2018).
What is a Kain Samping?
It is a skirt-type adornment, worn with the Baju Melayu for a more complete look to it. The word "Samping" which loosely translated means 'beside'. So the kain samping, a fabric which is looped like a sarong, but shorter, one made out of Songket cloth or out of Kain Sarung, is folded around the wearer's waist (Slide 3). The Kain Samping made out of Songket cloth is the more formal of the two (Rigval Reza, 2015).
References
Bedford. S. (2018, May 29). The History of Malaysia’s Songkok Cap. The Culture Trip.
https://theculturetrip.com/asia/malaysia/articles/the-history-of-malaysias-songkok-cap/
Farah. M. (2016, March 6). Joget. Malay Traditional Dance.
http://farahmiruddinnmc5a.blogspot.com/2016/03/joget.html