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Some of the traditional clothes from East Malaysia Siti Nurhaliza wearing a tudung. As of 2013 most Muslim Malaysian women wear the tudung, a type of hijab. This use of the tudung was uncommon prior to the 1979 Iranian revolution, [47] and the places that had women in tudung tended to be rural areas. The usage of the tudung sharply increased ...
The headscarf is known as a tudung, which simply means "cover". (The word is used with that meaning in other contexts, e.g. tudung saji, a dish cover for food.) Muslim women may freely choose whether or not to wear the headscarf. The exception is when visiting a mosque, where the tudung must be worn; this requirement also includes non-Muslims.
The tudung is very commonly worn by Malay girls and women. Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Eid ul-Fitr) is an important festival celebrated by Malaysian Muslims. Muslim women generally wear the tudung (hijab or headscarf) over their heads. However, Malay women not wearing any headgear are not reprimanded or penalised.
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
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Modern tudung in Brunei The tudong, despite its popularity in the Malay-speaking world, is a recent phenomenon rather than a traditional one. Its origins lie in the mid-to-late 1970s, when the Islamic revival , fuelled by the rise of “ Petro-Islam ” and the buildup to the Iranian Revolution , began to emerge in the Middle East.
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