He gave an example of the Malay headgear of
songkok, saying that in India, even non-Muslims wear something similar.
The man speaks Malay, recites the Qur'an and wears clothes in the Cantonese style matched occasionally with a white
songkok, which the narrator assumes is normally worn by Muslims who have returned from the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Many Malay women do not wear the head scarf and the men only wear the
songkok for ceremonial occasions, and not all Indians have a dark complexion and wear their ethnic attire every day.
For example, wearing '
Songkok' (the information about this thing will come later) is a sign of Malay identity and is unbecoming for the Chinese to wear it.
Many Malay women wear the tudong, a traditional head covering, while Malay men wear the
songkok, a traditional cap.
The crown is a yellow
songkok (cap) with a broad band of gold studded with small diamonds and brilliants and having a white plume in front.
Before receiving his Datukship at the Seri Negeri hall in Ayer Keroh, Khan had only one hour to put on his baju Melayu, samping (wrap-around waist cloth) and
songkok (headgear), which was popularized by Tan Sri P.
Development without Freedom, by
Songkok Han Thornton and William H.
Male students are expected to wear the
songkok (hat).
I knew he meant the Muslims (evident from their robes,
songkok and beards and the fact that they were exiting a mosque after evening prayers), but I asked him who he meant anyway.