Wednesday 3 April 2013

Weaving Bind from Dayak Sintang


 It is understood that the art of weaving culture is a culture inherited by the previous generation has a unique, artistic and historical value is high. Stages to produce a work bind cotton planting begins, making yarn / spin ngaos (anointment thread), coloring / dyeing, binding motifs, weaving and making custom clothing is a series of long process.
From some of the stages are performed certain rituals are believed to arouse the spirit of working and to obtain satisfactory results. It is a tradition and culture of the ancestral village of Dayak communities dilakuakan decades ago. Tens or even hundreds of motifs on Dayak bind comes from inspiration, dreams and knowledge of our ancestors containing profound meaning as advice, advice, abstinence, and spirit in daily life.
The raw material for producing woven fabric is yarn and dyes. To get the thread started from planting cotton plants were grown in a field after the harvest season, or further processed into yarn spun himself. Similarly, the natural dyes derived from plants (leaves, roots, stems, bark, fruit, roots, seeds, etc.), and animals (fat python, labi-labi, etc).

Posted by         : Cornelia Debby K

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