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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 301765, member: 2844&quot;]Nice link Phaik, thanks, I bookmarked it.</p><p>Voile means veil, yes it can be used for any kind of sheer weave, like chiffon, etc.</p><p>It says in the link that the &#039;baju panjang&#039; (long kebaya) could have originated from a Turkish dress. I always learned that it originated from 16th century Portuguese colonial women&#039;s dress, which in turn was inspired by Arab dress. Kebaya is derived from &#039;kaba&#039;, which means clothing in Arabic.</p><p>I don&#039;t know of any Turkish communities in the region, but Portuguese were everywhere, before the Dutch and British kicked them out.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> Lace and Richelieu embroidery were also introduced by the Portuguese.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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