Songkok

The Songkok is a traditional Malay cap in the form of a truncated cone. He is almost always made ​​of felt, wool or velvet. Widespread use he finds especially among Muslim women in Indonesia, Malaysia, but also Singapore, southern Thailand and the Philippines, where a significant Muslim minority exist.

The Songkok similar caps are worn in Morocco, among others.

Is borne of Songkok in special occasions like a wedding party, at a funeral or at Islamic festivals. For everyday clothes Songkok with the arrival of Islam in the 13th century in the Malay Archipelago was.

Among other things, the Songkok was often worn by Suharto, President of Indonesia between 1967 to 1998.

Other names

In some parts of Indonesia the Songkok is called Peci and in Mindanao as Kopiah.