What is essential to your everyday life? What is one object that might symbolize you? What about an omelet? On a visit to a traditional cloth store, I learned how the Muna tribe of Southeast Sulawesi loves omelets, so much so that they made a very elegant motif of an omelet to place on their traditional clothing. Join me to learn about all this lovely cloth. Maybe it’ll inspire you to make your own motif!
Today I visited a store that sells tenun, or traditional woven cotton and silk cloth.
Many communities in Indonesia still make traditional cloth that they cut into shirts and dresses or wear as sarongs (a length of cloth that you wrap around your waist and legs).
Maybe you’ve heard of some of these cloth types?
Batik is cloth that has been dyed and painted with wax. This form is traditional to the island of Java.
Ikat is a heavy, woven cloth found in many Eastern Indonesian islands, including Flores and Sumba.
Tenun refers to a lighter, woven cloth. It’s found all over Indonesia.
