A History of the Kimono

The kimono is the traditional clothing of Japan. Kimono styles have changed significantly from one period of Japan's history to another, and today there are many different types of kimono worn by men, women, and children. The cut, color, fabric, and decorations of a kimono may vary according to the sex, age, and marital status of the wearer, the season of the year, and the occasion for which the kimono is worn.



Before the year 794, Japanese people wore separate upper and lower garments.  During the years 794 to 1192, the straight line method was invented.  This method involved cutting long pieces of fabric and sewing them together in a long dress like a kimono.  From the year 1192 to 1573, Japanese men and women began to wear bright colors on their kimono.  Samurai warriors wore the colors of their leaders.

     Kimono making is a major art in Japan.  The kimono is a valuable piece of clothing.  They became heirlooms between 1868 and 1912.  Japan was influenced by other cultures.  Japan has recently adopted a more western style of clothing.  People wear modern clothes now like jeans and t-shirts.  Today kimono are only worn on special occasions such as the "Coming of Age Day".  


Kimonos are T-shaped, straight-lined robes worn so that the hem falls to the ankle, with attached collars and long, wide sleeves. Kimonos are wrapped around the body, always with the left side over the right (except when dressing the dead for burial),and secured by a sash called an obi, which is tied at the back. Kimonos are generally worn with traditional footwear (especially zōri or geta) and split-toe socks (tabi).

Clothing Dictionary

Geta - clogs made of wood with two straps

Hakama - split leg garment for men

Ju-ni-hitoe - worn by ladies in the superial court and by the brides at princess weddings

Kamishimo -  formal dress for males in samurai class

Kimono - Native Japanese costume

Kosode - under garment worn by men and women

Obi - the belt that holds the kimono in place Obiage - shawl that you tie over the obi
Obijime - the sash that keeps the obi in place Tabi - split toe socks worn with kimono
Uchikake - top garment worn on kosode ( brides only) Yukata - a summer kimono worn without under garments ( also as a robe)
Zori - sandals made of straw

Clothing Custom of Papua

Papua is a province of Indonesia are the largest located in the center of the island's most eastern part of Papua or West New Guinea (Irian Jaya). Eastern hemisphere is a country of Papua New Guinea or East New Guinea. Papua endemic birds
Papua Province covers the entire territory of Papua before the west, so often referred to as West Papua, particularly by the Free Papua Organization (OPM) separatist movement that wanted to secede from Indonesia and establish their own state. During the colonial Dutch East Indies, the region is known as Dutch New Guinea (Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea or Dutch New Guinea). After being joined by the Republic of Indonesia Indonesia, the region known as West Irian Province from 1969 until 1973. His name was later changed to Irian Jaya by Soeharto inaugurated at the Freeport copper and gold mine, a name still used officially until 2002.
The name was changed to Papua province in accordance with Law No. 21 of 2001 on Special Autonomy. In 2003, accompanied by numerous protests (and the incorporation of Central Papua East Papua), Papua was divided into two provinces by the government of Indonesia; the eastern kept the name while the western part of Papua into the Province of West Irian Jaya (West Papua a year later.) The eastern part of which is the area of Papua Province at this time.

Papuan tribe in Irian Jaya has some uniqueness that is so special, customs, language, and especially their customary dress. Traditional dresses of Irian Jaya, Asmat, is a penis sheath. Penis sheath worn by the men who live around the area are made of leather flask Wamena.Koteka a long and narrow, serves to cover part of the male reproductive organs. Its use is tied to the rope around his waist.
 

Traditional clothing is just cover the reproductive organs. So, we can be sure there are no other cover for the body. Maybe this is why many black-skinned tribe of Papua. However, because the climate is so hot, is not wrong if their customary dress was so simple.
Clothes for the women is almost equal with men. They only cover the body in the vicinity of the reproductive organs. They wear clothes like a skirt of dried plant root material is twisted or knitted like coarse threads that serve as a subordinate, or it can be said like skirts that cover their bodies.
Asmat Women bare-chested, exactly like the male. They are already used to this so it does not violate the norms of decency in the region like lain.Anda still remember the adage where there trampled earth upheld the sky?
Where we are, we must respect the customs and culture of the area.
Last post Unfortunately a few years, technological developments and modernization eventually enter and affect the culture of the Asmat people. This resulted in fewer Asmat who still use their traditional clothes. Many of those who use the same shirts and jeans like most people in the world.