tengkolok
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Tengkolok (Jawi: ), also known as Tanjak, Destar (Minangkabau: Deta; Kelantan-Pattani: Semutar; Brunei: Dastar) is a traditional Malay or Indonesian and male headgear. It is made from long songket cloth folded and tied in a particular style (solek). Nowadays, it is usually worn in ceremonial functions, such as royal ceremonies by royalties, and wedding ceremonies by grooms.
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- Clothing type.name
- Tengkolok
- Clothing type.image_file
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Poserende Minangkabause mannen TMnr 10005045.jpg
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- Minangkabau man with a tengkolok headgear.
- Clothing type.type
- Traditional Headgear
- Clothing type.material
- Songket
- Clothing type.location
- Maritime Southeast Asia
- Clothing type.manufacturer
- Malay people Banjarese, Minangkabau, Buginese, Makassar, Minahasa, Bajau, Kadazandusun, Gorontalo, Moro people and Brunei Malay people
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Tengkolok (Jawi: ), also known as Tanjak, Destar (Minangkabau: Deta; Kelantan-Pattani: Semutar; Brunei: Dastar) is a traditional Malay or Indonesian and male headgear. It is made from long songket cloth folded and tied in a particular style (solek). Nowadays, it is usually worn in ceremonial functions, such as royal ceremonies by royalties, and wedding ceremonies by grooms.
==Name== The terms tengkolok, Tanjak, and setanjak are synonyms; the word "tengkolok" also refers to "headgear or headcover worn by women", but the definition of women's headgear is rarely used today.
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