Time hasn’t been tired at 10:00 WIB. The sound of the vehicle’s bustling until entering the ear cavity. The bright sky became the arena for women to complete the manufacture of Tapis fabrics in Katon State Village, Pesawaran Regency, Lampung.
The laughter of women's craftsmen sounds riuh, the jemari signs begin to dance above the pressg or tool to stretch the Tapis fabric when embroidering gold threads. Women's craftsmen commonly called the nyai make Buts with a variety of motifs such as the rebung shoots and kibau eyes. The motif is a characteristic feature of the archipelago of the southern province in Sumatra Island.
The finished Buts fabric, some are ready to be picked up. There is also a display at the etalase. One of the dies, Novita Ria which is the owner of the Alyn Tapis outlet in Bandar Lampung, forwarding the trip of the fabrics in the Katon State to the customer. In a small store, Novi said and exhibited the Buts fabric that has been embroidered into fashion products and crafts that are very interesting to be used by-oleh.
Take a press in Katon, Pesawaran, Lampung.
He brought the pressg (pumping buts) in Katon, Pesawaran, Lampung.
Since the beginning of business pioneer, Novi has been committed to helping the traditional Lampung fabric craftsmen to develop. The initiation was polluted after his first meeting with one of the village craftsmen. Without conscious, the initiative has showcased a reality about the important role of a woman in society.
In addition to being a mother, the craftsmen also participated in helping sustaining the economy of the family while continuing to preserve the original culture of Lampung through the lincah mari embroidered gold thread into the Buts fabric.
Buts’ embroidery results are also displayed in the digital market. The market becomes the way to introduce the Buts to buyers and fabric lovers in a further and wider place to the country.
The photo of the starch opens the gold thread (left) and nyai complete the manufacture of Tapis (right) in the State of Katon, Pesawaran, Lampung.
Novita Ria poses in the Alyn Tapis outlet, Bandar Lampung Lampung Lampung.
Currently the central government consistently presents the spirit of domestic product love through Indonesia’s Artificial Bangga National Movement (BBI National Movement). This BBI office itself is a synergy between the government, businessmen and society to better care to buy local products so that the industry can continue to progress and grow in the country itself.
Photos and text: Rivan Awal Lingga
The number of nyai completed the manufacture of Buts in Katon State, Pesawaran, Lampung.
The completion of the manufacture of Tapis in Katon State, Pesawaran, Lampung.
Peci made Tapis fabric in the event at the Katon State Buts Gallery, Pesawaran, Lampung.
Photo of the traditional dancer collage Lampung poses wearing the Buts in the State of Katon, Pesawaran, Lampung.
Editor : Prasetyo Utomo
