In ancient Javanese society, there is one story Legend of Aji Soko. In this story, the existence of iket head has also been called, ie when Aji Soko Cengkar defeated the Gods, a giant ruler of the land of Java, just by holding a kind of turban that could cover the entire land of Java. And as we know, Aji Soko became known as the creator and formulator of the beginning years of Java, which began in 1941 years ago.
There are theories stating that the use blangkon is the influence of, Hindu and Islamic culture that is absorbed by the Javanese. According to experts, the Muslims who go to Java that is composed of two ethnic Chinese descendant from Mainland China and the merchants of Gujarat. Gujarat traders are people of Arab descent, they always wear a turban, namely the length and width of cloth tied on their heads. Turban is what inspired people to wear iket java heads like the descendants of those Arabs.
