And the last is we also use a small stone to help the process of the yarn. After that we must take the yarn from the Kapek udung and put it into sever


And the last is we also use a small stone to help the process of the yarn. After that we must take the yarn from the Kapek udung and put it into several forms of long yarn and then we dip the yarn into different colors of dye. Yarn can be dyed with different materials like: indigo leaf special for the black color. The indigo leaf must be put in the pot during one night. Next day mix with the lime to make blue color. We need many times to get black color. To make brown color, people use the bark from the root of a kind of tree we call Mengkudu. It must be dried in the sun after that they pound it. Many times to make powder and they may dying with yarn. You can find traditional of ikat weaving in Atawatung Village, and other Villages in Lembata Regency. The women always make in their house. According to the tradition, a woman must know for weaving before getting marriage. The price of traditional sarong is very expensiveve because when a woman will get marriage, a man pays her with ivory and a woman has to pay with traditional sarong, on the contrary. It is used for BELIS. Taken @Lamagute village, Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia


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