Colourful Hijab stalls in Sumatra, Indonesia.
This shop sells burkha or veil units. Women in hijabs come and check out burkha wares, and other street-side market goodies! A Hijab is a traditional head scarf worn by Muslim women and stands for modesty, privacy, and morality. In Indonesia a Hijab is known as jilbab. According to Wikipedia, the hijab is a relatively new phenomenon in Indonesia. Even before Western influence, most Indonesian women (especially Javanese) rarely covered their hair except when praying, and even then the hair was only loosely covered by a transparent cloth. In Indonesia, the term jilbab refers to the hijab. Under Indonesian Law, female head-covering is entirely optional and not obligatory.
However, male and female head-dress is a near universal Indonesian cultural and status-marking accoutrement, including areas devoutly Hindu, Protestant and even animist, which may be mistaken by the uninformed observer as the Muslim hijab. Indonesia has the largest single global population of Muslims. In daily practice, the jilbab is more of a fashion accessory and status symbol. Wealthy women use the hijab as an excuse to wear their latest prêt-à-porter designer label scarves. Some women may elect to wear a headscarf to be more "formal" or "religious", such as the jilbab or kerudung (a native tailored veil with a small, stiff visor), especially for formal or cultural events especially such where the Muslim religion may be involved -- such as official governmental events, funerals, circumcision (sunatan) ceremonies or weddings -- although wearing this "Muslim" attire to Christian relatives' funerals and weddings and entering the church is quite uncommon. Culturally to the Javanese majority, plain,
Saudi-style hijab, the niqab or socially worse yet the indigenous peasant kerudung (known in North Sumatran languages as tudung) is considered vulgar, low-class and a faux pas -- the traditional Javanese hijab are transparent, sheer, intricately brocaded or embroidered fine silk or lace tailored to match either their sarung or kebaya blouse.
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