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A Mother Hubbard dress is a long, wide, loose-fitting gown with long sleeves and a high neck. Intended to cover as much skin as possible, it was introduced by missionaries in Polynesia to "civilise" those whom they considered half-naked savages of the South Seas islands. Although this Victorian remnant has disappeared elsewhere in the world, it is still worn by Pacific women, who have altered it into a gayer and lighter (less hot) garment, using cotton sheets, often printed in brightly coloured floral patterns. In Hawaii, it is called ''holokū''.〔''The Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary with a Concise Hawaiian Grammar'' by Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, and Esther T. Mookini (1975), p 30. ISBN 0-8248-0307-8〕 There, a derivative, the muumuu, is highly similar, but without the yoke and train, and therefore even easier to make.〔''The Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary with a Concise Hawaiian Grammar'' by Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, and Esther T. Mookini (1975), p 111. ISBN 0-8248-0307-8〕 In Tahiti, the name was ''ahu tua'' (empire dress, in a sense of colonial empire); now, ''ahu māmā rūau'' (grandmother's dress) is used. In Samoa and Tonga, the design has taken on a two-piece form, with classic mother hubbard blouses (long, wide, loose-fitting with puffy sleeves) over ankle-length skirts, called "puletasi" and "puletaha," respectively. In Marshallese, the name is ' (), from the name of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The missionaries who introduced it in the Marshall Islands came from Oahu.〔(Marshallese-English Dictionary: )〕 In New Caledonia, these dresses are referred to as ''robes missions'' (Mission Dresses). New Caledonian women wear these dresses when playing their distinctive style of cricket. In Papua New Guinea, the form of dress is known as ''meri blaus'', which in Tok Pisin means women's blouse. It is considered formal local attire. In India and much of South Asia, these dresses are referred to as ''Housecoats''. Indian women wear these dresses as a convenient apparel at home, particularly around only the family members when they are not expecting company. In the 1960s and 1970s many local women in Tarawa, Kiribati and a few i-matang women wore a garment which was referred to as a Mother Hubbard. Whilst the lower half of the body was covered with a wrap-around (Lava-lava) or a skirt, the top half was worn a very loose low- necked blouse short enough to expose a band of flesh at the waist. The latter was usually worn without underclothes. The author W. Somerset Maugham refers to this dress many times in his novels and short stories about the Pacific. It is also referenced by John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel ''The Grapes of Wrath''. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mother Hubbard dress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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