Siung

Paparsiung, in the second row from bottom at theKDCACompound
Type	Asian conical hat
Material	Finely wovenbamboo strips andrattan
Place of origin	Papar District,West Coast Division,Sabah
Manufacturer	Kadazan people[1][2]

Siung orSiyung (Kadazan Dusun:Siung do Papar) is a traditional lightweightheadgear fromSabah, Malaysia, once commonly worn by theKadazan females of thePapar District for protection against sunlight and rain during theiragricultural activities.^[1][3][4] In present days, thesiung are more seen during thesazau orsumazau cultural performances and theharvest festival of theKaamatan.^[5]

Thesiung is considered as the symbol of Papar Kadazans female that distinguished them from thePenampang Kadazans.^[6][7][8] It is made of finely woven bamboo strips and rattan with a feather symbolising that the Kadazan sumandaks are still unmarried; the flower one means already married, while plain either means widowed, a grandmother or elderly.^[9] Another hint is the silver belt (antiqueBritish trade dollar); unmarried Kadazan females usually have four, while those married wear only two.^[9][10] Thesiung is paired with black velvety fabric ofsia with gold weave designs and a belt calledikat pinggang anddastar headdress with the same fabric.^[11]

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  ADusun woman^{[notes 1]} (Kadazan woman) with agong featured in a 1964 6¢postage stamp ofNorth Borneo (present-day Sabah) with a portrait ofQueen Elizabeth II
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  A Kadazansiung at theNational Museum of Ethnology,Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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  Sumazau performances by Papar Kadazans withsiung at theMonsopiad Heritage Village
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  Marcella Tiansim, the 3rd season winner ofMiss Kadazan in 1962. Almost every Kadazanbeauty pageant participant from Papar wore thesiung
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  A Kadazan man and woman during theKaamatan celebration with the woman with asiung hat

Siungonce featured in the sets of Malaysian stamps ofRM1 in the year of 2006.^[13]

• Asian conical hat
• List of hat styles
• List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Malaysia

• Sullivan, Anwar; Leong, Cecilia (1981).Commemorative History of Sabah, 1881-1981. Sabah State Government, Centenary Publications Committee.
• Benggon-Charuruks, Irene; Padasian, Janette (1993).Cultures, Customs, and Traditions of Sabah, Malaysia: An Introduction. Sabah Tourism Promotion Corporation.ISBN 978-983-020-000-2.
• Othman, Datohaji S. (1994).The Crafts of Malaysia. Editions Didier Millet.ISBN 978-981-3018-07-5.
• Lasimbang, Rita; Moo-Tan, Stella (1997).An Introduction to the Traditional Costumes of Sabah. Natural History Publications.ISBN 978-983-812-013-5.

Media related toSiung at Wikimedia Commons

• Busana Tradisional Papar [Traditional Clothing of Papar](media).Huguan_channel (in Malay) (YouTube ed.).Papar, Sabah. 2022. 7:59 minutes in.

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