The Iban traditional costume for women is “marik empang” and kain kebat. Marik empang is a combination of beads and hand-stitched cotton decorative outer garment. It is usually red in colour. Iban women require to wear marik empang at any occasion or festival. The “ngajat” or the traditional Iban dance performed by an Iban women must wear the “marik empang” as part of the outer garment adorning her shoulder. Kain kebat, which is a cloth patterned by the ikat (tie) technique. Normally, the kain kebat is decorated with colorful stripes pattern design. It is made of cotton as well. This kain kebat is narrow and its length is only about until knee. The Iban women wear the dress consisting of kain kebat, “marik empang” which is a chest adornment, the sugu tinggi headdress and other silver ornaments such as coin belt and bangles.
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