Wokous - The Chinese Pirates

The problem of piracy is being faced by the people since the ancient times irrespective of the areas. They were not only they were not only active in places like Caribbean and Mediterranean, but the Asian countries were also not untouched with them.

China was a prominent Asian country were piracy flourished. The raiders of China would wear different type of pirate shirt and other dresses, but their intent was similar to those of the western raiders. The word ‘wokou’ was used in Chinese language for the raiders. These wokous have created a great trouble for the government. Some of the famous Wokous of China were Ching Shih (female), Cheung Po Tsai, Cai Qian and more. China also faced the golden era of piracy due to these raiders. There were around 7000 pirates in China.

The influence of the wokous can be estimated with the fact that they created a parallel economy in china, which was the trouble for the mainstream economy.  There was a pirate market in China, where looted material was sold at cheaper prices. Moreover, these raiders would collect the taxes also, which were known as ‘tribute’. These taxes were paid by the people to the raiders to avoid their attacks.

There is no doubt that the piracy was more dangerous in China as compared to the western world. As we mentioned above, there were 7000 raiders in China. But, as a matter of the fact, the western world comprises of 5500 pirates even in its golden age. On the other hand, the shadow economy of piracy was being proved much dangerous.

Interestingly, the people of China do not seem to be so interested in the pirate boots and pirate costumes despite such a wide influence. On the contrary, these dresses have become the fashion statements in the western world. Moreover, a number of pirate festivals are organized in order to enjoy the lifestyles of the raiders.

Pirate Costumes That You Can Wear in Pirate Festivals

The medieval era provides us a lot of things to adopt, which do not exist in the modern times. One of the things that can be taken today is the medieval fashion trend. There are a number of popular trends of the medieval times, but the pirate styles are becoming more and more popular today.

The popularity of the pirate costumes is on the heights in the present scenario. These are the costumes of the sea rovers of the medieval era. We cannot take inspiration from the pirates in terms of morals, but there is no doubt that their dresses are no more the outlaw costumes. Their styles are gaining popularity among the both men and women as the perfect fashion-statements. The historical raiders like Blackbeard and Calico Jack etc. and the fictional freebooters like Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean series) are influencing the dressing styles of the male. On the other hand, there were several female raiders also in the medieval era, among which Mary Read and Anne Bonny were the most popular ones. These female provide the unique ideas to females.

Such dresses are perfect to be worn in the medieval pirate festivals and the renaissance fests. You can have a lot of fun in these fests, along with wearing the pirate clothing. Entertainment performances, foods, and there are many other things to enjoy in this festival.

If you don’t on the perfect dresses for these festivals, then you are required to be prepared before 2 or 3 weeks ago. White color dresses are very popular in the recent times. The shirts and blouses of loose fittings with frill designs are most popular today. The pants to be worn in these fests should be loose.  Pants are popular among both men and women. But, the women can replace the pants with skirts also.

Other accessories to get the perfect pirate style include the hats and boots. Swashbuckler hat and black or brown boots provide the perfect raider look.

There is no doubt that the aforesaid pirate costumes provide a brilliant looks to the visitors of the recent times. You can acquire these dresses from a number of sites, such as http://www.tobeapirate.com/.