Baju kebaya
Baju Kebaya is a traditional dress worn by Malaysian and Indonesian women. It is made of gauze fitted with sarongs, batik, or other traditional clothing such as songket with colorful motifs. It is believed that kebaya comes from the Arab countries. The Arabs brought baju kebaya to the archipelago hundreds of years ago. Then spread to Melaka, Java, Bali, Sumatra, and Sulawesi. After hundreds of years of cultural assimilation, the clothing was accepted by the locals. Before the year 1600 in Java, Kebaya was the only clothing worn by the royal family there. During the Dutch occupation of the island, the European women began to wear kebaya as official dresses. Every day, kebaya is changed from just using mori woven fabric using silk with colorful embroidery. A similar dress called "lady kebaya" was created first by the Peranakan people from Melaka. They wore it with a cuffed sarongs and pretty shoes that were called "a pair of shoes".