In Indonesia there are hundreds, maybe even thousands of types of traditional national clothes. However, key among them are only four, and the three of them is entitled to a badge, that is, women's shirt or blouse (long and short), put on top of the skirt, which is called sarong or Cain. It is very interesting that in Indonesia often wear skirts and men. The Indonesian national skirt is nothing like a piece of cloth with pleats in the front, which should wrap the lower part of the body. Men wear "Cain" with large pleats.In Bali it is sewed from Lorica or batik stripe, as well as of ordinary cotton cloth, embroidered with silver and silk threads.

As for sumatrensis of Cain, it is made of silk, very tightly woven, embroidered with Golden thread. Men traditionally wear a skirt, paired with shirts with a high collar (surjan), which is similar with the shirt. Sarong, however, is a skirt made of silk, batik, jacquard or cotton, sewn like a bag. As previously mentioned, three of the four main types of female Indonesian national clothes baju is considered, i.e. blouse, stitched in various styles.To the fourth and last type of clothes are those outfits, which is based on not budge, and, for example, Kember (Bali), made in the form of a scarf, which women wrapped his body from shoulder to waist. Baju mainly distributed in southern Sumatra, the island of Java, the coastal regions of Kalimantan and on the island of Timor.

As the population of Java is more than a hundred million people, or almost two-thirds of the total population, Cain, Baja and kebaya for Indonesian women turned to the national clothes. Kebaya is a long or short blouse with long sleeves, which worn over sarong or Cain. Short cabau made to sew on the figure of variegated or smooth matter, such as cotton, silk, guipure, etc. On the chest with pretty pins or brooches indonesie pin connecting the flap.