Tapis across various cultures in the Philippines may generally refer to a single, rectangular piece of cloth one wraps around oneself as clothing, but is also the term for a colorful, hand-woven wraparound skirt common in the pre-colonial period , and which is still used today as part of the María Clara gown and by culturally conservative tribes.
6-467: [REDACTED] Look up tapis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tapis may refer to: Tapis (Philippine clothing) , a piece of cloth worn as garment or the act of putting this on Tapis (Indonesian weaving style) , a traditional style of weaving Tapis crude , a crude oil from Malaysia Esteban Tapis (1754-1825), Spanish missionary On
12-504: A blanket or towel. The Tapis has been in use in the Philippine archipelago since at least the indigenous period before the arrival of Europeans. Spanish chroniclers from the period noted that this mode of dress remained common on many islands despite Spanish efforts to introduce what they considered more suitable clothing. They felt that the tight profile of the tapis on a female wearer was revealing and immodest, and made even worse by
18-481: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tapis (Philippine clothing) The tapis worn by the Cordilleran women of Northern Luzon , known locally as the alampay , are the most prominent surviving example. It is worn by wrapping the cloth around one's waist and holding the ends together by means of a tightly tied sash. It generally reaches down to
24-408: The knees. The woven pattern of a tapis describes the culture and temperament of the wearer's tribe. Another use of the term, as a verb, simply means to wrap a piece of cloth around one's body to cover it up. A person who does so is said to be nagtatapis ('putting on a tapis'). This usage of the term does not require that the piece of cloth be a traditional tapis, and can refer to being wrapped in
30-461: The often sheer fabric of the cloth. One noted that the tapis became even more revealing whenever the wearer was caught in the rain, or had just taken a bath. The locals, however, did not consider the revealing properties of the tapis to be immodest. Among the lowland peoples who came under the full influence of Spain, this would soon change as Christianization and Hispanization forced a much more conservative cultural imperialism , and along with it,
36-592: The tapis , a Victorian phrase meaning 'on the table' or 'under consideration' ( tapis = tablecloth (fr.)) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tapis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tapis&oldid=778172806 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
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