Philosophical meaning behind the Traditional Clothes of Aceh

Indonesia consisting of dozens of provinces and diverse peoples of the coloring from sabang until Marauke. One of the tribal identity in the plurality of the Indonesian nation is the presence of custom clothing. Like other regions, Aceh also of course have the traditional clothes and have the value and full meaning.

For men, the colors of traditional clothes is usually dominated by the color black. The black color is believed as the symbol of greatness. In Aceh if there is a big event like wedding and other traditional, black clothing signifies splendor and glory.It is different with the reality on the other which is usually black color indicates the presence of events to grieve. For women, the color has a variety of motives such as red, green or yellow hint at the beauty, elegance, loyalty and courage.

In special occasions such as the circumcision apostles and marriage, each of the men in Aceh are required to wear black clothing good shirt and pants. A mistake in choosing the color of the other will be claimed as a citizen of the community who do not understand and appreciate the customs that have been handed down is implemented the people of Aceh.

While for women, the most striking element and there should be is complementary accessories such as jewelry in the form of bracelets, necklaces, and crowns hinted that the women of Aceh since ancient times has been glorified and given quite a treasure for its prosperity menage. In the sultanate of jewelry is of course made of gold, but this time for the sake of comfort and safety as well as affordable by many among the available accessories of jewelry made from rhinestone.