Speaking customs and culture of North Sulawesi , we may not be able to discuss the tribe as a representative of the four tribes of indigenous people of North Sulawesi . These four tribes are natives ; Minahasa tribe , Gorontalo , Sangir Talaud , and Mongondow . Into four tribes have their own traditions , although in some cases there are similarities . So even when we talk about custom clothing .
But this paper , we categorize the good custom clothing and jewelry according to functionality and usefulness , namely ; everyday wear , ceremonial dress , and marriage ceremony attire . So that it is easy to see the difference that became typical variety in each region and find kesamaann among these particularities .People's daily clothing Bolaang Mongondow in earlier times were made of wood and leather and water -soaked pineapple few days then pounded and opened fiber . The fibers are then woven diebut lanut and become a sheet of cloth . But the fabric is made from fibers lanut had not found anymore , because people Bolaang Mongondow have used cotton clothes ( cotton ) as their everyday clothes .
Gorontalo public ceremonial dress serves to check the status of someone in traditional ceremonies . The indigenous stakeholders bate - bate or wearing clothing with patterns and motifs are colored ; shaped brackets shirt , calf-length shorts leg ( batik ) commonly called talola calculi . While white robes or sandaria worn by religious leaders . And a black coat , black pants outfit is the security officials . But the heads of the village wearing a batik shirt dress shape brackets , white pants and wear gloves payungu aka fish head , indicating that they are ready to run the command ( Mahiya on waumatihimanga motubuhe tahilio lo ito Eya).
In a traditional ceremony , Mongondow Bolaang tribes wear traditional clothes made of cotton cloth and raw materials tetoron . For men's apparel, usually called baniang . While for women called salu , to be made kebaya , gloves , and scarves . In a traditional ceremony , men wearing headbands or Lenso sort of cloth or tied in the head . Also pomerus or adhesive cloth tied at the waist . While women wear salu with complementary fabric adhesive senket . On the chest decorated with gold called hamunse .
In
the marriage ceremony , Gorontalo tribes have traditional clothes
called marriage uapacara urasipungu comprising ; bride kebaya made of
sateen and ornate silver plated . While the groom wore a sort of parenthesis shirt of the same material with the bride called kimunu . The bride also wore sarongs made of satin . In
addition the following complementary dalah Paluala which serves as the
bride's headdress made of satin fabric with a decorative biliu edit
or silver . Other ornaments are kecubu , velvet cloth with silver decoration hanging on the neck of the bride.
