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Cotton pencil skirt with geometric pattern
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Pencil skirt with traditional kepala (head) with tumpal (triangles). In between are floral motifs. The badan (body) consists of diagonal bands with a parang variant, the parang gondosuli. The parang motif is one of the so-called forbidden motifs. These motifs were prohibited by the sultans of Yogya and Solo for ordinary citizens to wear. Parang means (small) sword, and symbolizes power and growth (McCabe Elliot, 1984:68).
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Title: Cotton pencil skirt with geometric pattern
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Pencil skirt with traditional kepala (head) with tumpal (triangles).
In between are floral motifs.
The badan (body) consists of diagonal bands with a parang variant, the parang gondosuli.
The parang motif is one of the so-called forbidden motifs.
These motifs were prohibited by the sultans of Yogya and Solo for ordinary citizens to wear.
Parang means (small) sword, and symbolizes power and growth (McCabe Elliot, 1984:68).
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