It wasn’t all about the looks.

  4 Agustus 2016 10:21

Brilio.net/en - Beauty standards change almost every decade, and what we find attractive evolves every day.

Take makeup as an example.

Youve definitely have or had at least one girlfriend that always laid on the makeup for one reason or another, but makeup is a pretty recent invention.

In 18th-century Europe, noble women spent huge amounts on it, but that was not the case in Indonesia. Women in Indonesia used no savior substance to make them look beautiful.

But time flies and cultures change, and Indonesia has gone through massive change.

However, Indonesian women in the past apparently needed no such "savior substance" to make they look beautiful, or at least that's what they said. But, time flies and almost everything changes, including everything we know with a beauty standard.

Makeup is everywhere now, but back in the day before globalization took hold, Indonesia was still very much a mix of different ethnicities and regional cultures. Beauty wasnt all about looks either.

Here are some old photos of Indonesian women we put together, and what made them beautiful.

Check this out!

1. A Javanese woman

Indonesian Female Beauty Standards  2016 brilio.net


2. Tribal women in West Papua

Indonesian Female Beauty Standards  2016 brilio.net


3. Sundanese women weaving. Weaving was associated with beauty

Indonesian Female Beauty Standards  2016 brilio.net


4. Attendant protecting young nobles face from the sun to stop it from tanning

Indonesian Female Beauty Standards  2016 brilio.net


5. Jewelry was a big factor for Gayo women

Indonesian Female Beauty Standards  2016 brilio.net


6. Minangkabau woman in traditional dress

Indonesian Female Beauty Standards  2016 brilio.net


7. Dayak women were judged partially by how long and wide their earlobes were

Indonesian Female Beauty Standards  2016 brilio.net


8. Sulawesi dancers

Indonesian Female Beauty Standards  2016 brilio.net


9. How Balinese women arrange offerings to the gods affected their attractiveness

Indonesian Female Beauty Standards  2016 brilio.net


10. Papuan women getting tattooed

Indonesian Female Beauty Standards  2016 brilio.net

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