What is costume of your culture that you wish other country would adopt ?

I'd like the other countries to adopt folk costume from my hometown, Minangkabau, West Sumatra. It's so unique. It also taken one of the neighboring country. particular Minangkabau villages specialize in cottage industries producing handicraft such as women sugarcane and reed purses, gold purses, gold and silver jewelry using fliligree, and granulation technique, women songket textiles etc

I will tell you about clothes of Bundo Kanduang. A woman who has been appointed Bundo Kanduang (biological mother) plays an important role in his nation. Not all women can be Bundo content. He must be a wise man, his words are heard, go places and come home asking the news. He is also crate ambon puruak, means a place or a holder of treasures of his people.Therefore have different traditional clothes with other women. As well as the prince of clothing, each region has a variation of Minangkabau adat respectively. But generally completeness Kanduang Bundo clothing consists of tengkuluk, baju kurung, fabric sash, fabric glove, and adorned with earrings and necklaces.

A bladder Bundo tengkuluk wearing horns or tengkuluk ikek as headgear. The material is woven from the fabric balapak Smart Brush Padang Panjang. Shaped like buffalo horns with the pointed end of tufted gold or gilt brass. Use of this tengkuluk symbolizes that women as a homeowner gadang. Kurungnya clothes are black, red, blue or violet paved with gold thread. Minsai edges decorated as a symbol of democracy but within the limits that should be. On his right shoulder into the ribs left berselempang balapak fabric, symbolizing the responsibility must be shouldered by the Bundo Kanduang to continue the descent. Under the cover body is used sarong (codec) balapak embroidered in gold. Gloves are a religious function for the wearer, as a symbol of putting something in place like the proverbial endless eating, dived (hiding) lingering.

Earring jewelry that is worn or earrings of gold. Necklace of some sort, namely a horse necklace, necklace pinyaram, gadang necklaces, and necklace Kaban. Her hands adorned with bracelets sieve (large), snake bangle bracelet and bapahek. Use the bracelet symbolizes that everything must be done within the limits of ability.