The bodo blouse, locally known as baju bodo, is a sheer and transparent short-sleeved loose blouse, a traditional attire for women of the Bugis and Makassar peoples of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. A bodo blouse is traditionally combined with a matching woven sarong that covered the waist below the body.
Girls wearing baju bodo or bodo blouse, worn with woven sarong.
A Bugis bride wearing an elaborate bodo blouse, completed with intricate hairdo and jewelries.
Sheer transparent bodo blouse worn without undergarment in 1871.
Pajoge dancers wearing bodo blouse, Maros circa 1870
The Makassar or Makassarese people are an ethnic group that inhabits the southern part of the South Peninsula, Sulawesi in Indonesia. They live around Makassar, the capital city of the province of South Sulawesi, as well as the Konjo highlands, the coastal areas, and the Selayar and Spermonde islands. They speak Makassarese, which is closely related to Buginese, and also a Malay creole called Makassar Malay.
Makassar men performing Tari Praga in their traditional costume
A female figure outlined in beeswax over painting of a white Macassan prau
A Makassar mosque in the colonial period, 1930s
Makassar woman in traditional clothes (baju bodo)
