Tapis Sarung

Tapis Sarung

Tapis Sarung cloth, a dress for women of Lampung tribe, is a sarong made from cotton yarn with motive or ornament from tobacco quid, silver or golden thread with embroidery system (Cucuk). Tapis Sarung of Lampung is considered as traditional handicraft because the basic cloth and it`s motives ornament  is done by the traditional weaver with simple tools.

This handicraft was made by women, both the housewives and girls (muli-muli) in their leisure time to comply the demand of the sacred tradition of the Lampung people. Nowadays, by using the non-machinery equipment, the production of Tapis cloth with various ornaments has become a high economic commodity.

Tapis Sarung Location

The stores clothes is located in the central of Lampung City.

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Wooden House Craft Center in Minahasa

Wooden House in Minahasa

We recommend you to visit Woloan Village in Central Tomohon Sub-district, Tomohon City, as you will find unique craftworks that can only be found there. You will not find prevalent craftworks such as home decorations and statues, but you will find the craft center of Minahasa traditional house. The craftworks of local people here have a good price based on its marketing opportunity view and its quality as well.

Dealing with the quality, people from other provinces such as Jakarta, Bali, and Java even foreign countries like Netherland and France, come to Minahasa for ordering such unique wooden house for bungalows or cottages.

The stock of the wood are brought from palu, Central Sulawesi and surrounding area in Southeast Sulawesi. The wooden house of Minahasa uses champac wood and maranti wood as the predominant material.

Woloan people greatly depend their life on the production of Minahasa wooden house. Besides, such skill in producing Minahasa wooden skill is a hereditary skill inherited from their parents. That is why, Woloan people are famous as the experts on building Minahasa wooden house.

The history of Woloan Village was started 150 years ago, in 1845 A.D. There were five prominent people who one of them was called Walian Pontoh (the leader of the village). He was also famous as an expert in healing diseases besides the leader of the village. Grappling with such matter, the word woloan was derived from walian, a customary title for people considered for having distinctive skills that was awarded to Walian Pontoh.

Wooden house made of Woloan people is totally unique considering its portabilty. There is nothing special with the ornaments on its parts. However, its capability to describe the typical architecture of Minahasa as well as stage house in Sumatra is a plus point.

While the other areas in North Sulawesi still depending their daily needs on the natural resources such as vanilla, nutmeg, clove and copra, Woloan people tend to utilize the wooden house craftworks as the primary matter for meeting daily needs.

You are not necessary to be afraid of how to bring the wooden house you have ordered. They have already provide delivery services for you ordering wooden house made of Woloan Village.

Nearby the location, northern direction of Woloan Village, you can see the beauty of Mount Lokon and Mount Merapi. Those are worth visiting tourism destinations located in Tomohon City. The atmosphere will be more splendid and fresher when you are arriving at the spring water around the location. Agricultural area in kakaskasen Village located in the slope of Mount Lokon offers you an unforgetable experience during the visit to wooden house craft center in Woloan Village and surrounding areas.

Detail Location

Woloan Village are located in Central Tomohon Sub-district, Tomohon City, Minahasa, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Woloan Village is south of Mount Lokon, southwest of Tomohon City. It is 3 km away or about 10 minutes from Tomohon City for accessing the location by taking mikrolet (minibus). It will be faster when you take taxi or private transport. Delivery services have already provided for you ordering the Minahasa wooden house made of Woloan Village. Of course, those require more charge and farther your location, longer periode of delivery will be.

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The Center of Perahu Pinisi Industry

Perahu Pinisi


Since long time ago, the Bugis people of South Sulawesi have been famous for their excellent sailors. They were very expert for travelling across the seas and oceans for the Nusantara (Malay archipelago) territory by Perahu Pinisi (Pinisi ship). 
Perahu Pinisi is well-known as a means of traditional sea transportation amongst the Bugis people since many centuries ago. According to the manuscript of Lontarak I Babad La Lagaligo, Perahu Pinisi has already existed since around the 14^th century A.D. According to the manuscript, Perahu Pinisi was first made by Sawerigading, The Crown Prince of Luwu Kingdom. The material to make the ship was taken from welengreng tree (dewata (god) tree) which was very strong and not easily brittle. But, before the tree was cut, a special ceremony must be held so that the spirit in the tree would move to another tree. Sawerigading made the ship to sail to China to propose a Chinese princess, named We Cudai.





Sawerigading succeeded marrying Princess We Cudai. After some time living in China, Sawerigading missed his home. Using his ship, he sailed back to Luwu. But, when his ship was about to reach Luwu beach, suddenly a great wave rammed the ship and made it broken into pieces. The pieces of his ship were cast onto three territories of Bulukumba Regency: Ara, Tana Beru, and Lemo-lemo. The local people in those territories used the pieces to make a new luxurious ship named  Perahu Pinisi.
Until now, Bulukumba is still well-known as the producer of Perahu Pinisi craft. The artisans keep maintaining the tradition for making the ship, especially in Tana Beru.

How to Access Location

The centre of Perahu Pinisi industry is located in Tana Beru, Bontobahari Sub-district, Bulukumba District, South Sulawesi Province.  Tana Beru, as the centre of Perahu Pinisi industry, is located 176 kilometres from Makassar City or 23 kilometres from Bulukumba District. To get to Tana Beru from Bulukumba, visitors can go by private vehicle or public transportation, such as pete-pete (minibus). 

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Rencong, Traditional Weapon from Aceh

Rencong

Rencong is a traditional weapon from Aceh that is made of white metal, brass alloy, and horn of buffalo (white or black). During the colonialism of the Dutch, rencong was used either by men or women in the battle field to battle the Dutch. Rencong is slipped into the scabbard and worn on the left hand side of the stomach directed to the right hand. The way of wearing rencong depicts the egalitarianism, social status, and is also the symbols of self defense, bravery, and heroism in fighting the Dutch.  Noted that some great heroes coming from Aceh such as Cut Nyak Dien, Cut Meutia, Pocut Meurah Intan, Pocut Baren and Tengku Fakinah used rencong to fight against the Dutch. They were the silent witnesses of Aceh people‘s bravery in efforts to defend Indonesia, especially Aceh Province from the occupation of the Dutch colonial government.

Nowadays, rencong is a souvenir from Aceh Province. That is why, we suggest you to buy rencong as your souvenir when visiting Aceh Province.

One of the distinctive features of rencong is on its making process. The making process of rencong using white metal as the basic material is rather difficult than using brass alloy. There are four types of rencong in Aceh Province; pudoi, which has not had perfect shape yet on its handle; meukure, decorated with various motifs such as animal, flower, and root; meupocuk, having gold filigree at the upper end of the handle; and meucugek which is on its handle glued something called cugek (a glue and 90 degree of angle).

The Islamic philosophies of rencong are on its handle engraved ba letter (Arabic scripts), as well as on the base of the handle, sin letter. On the bottom of the blade is mim letter while lam letter is along the blade. Those Arabic letters on rencong sound basmalah (in the name of Allah).

Where Find Rencong Home Industry Location

You can find the center of rencong home industries in Baet Masjid Village, Baet Meuseugoe Village, and Baet Lampu ot Village. Those are in the sub-district of Sibreh, Aceh Besar District, Nangroe Aceh Darussalam Province. It is about 25 km away to reach those three villages from Banda Aceh City by any public transportation for approximately 45 minutes. 

Rencong Industry

The price of a rencong depends on its quality, including the material of the blade and the handle and its size as well. For a medium rencong (10-12 cm long) made of brassalloy, the prices range from IDR 20.000 to IDR 75.000. A bigger rencong, more than 12 cm long, vary in price from IDR 75.000 to IDR 80.000. The highest price of rencong is rencong made of white metal as the basic material. Fur currently, there is no guesthouse around those three villages. However, you can observe in more detail its making process. Moreover, you can order a rencong based on what you want. You can choose every material for your Rencong starting from choosing the horn and the material for the blade. Almost all the rencong makers are men. Their knowledge in the making of rencong is inherited from their parents. rencong made by those three villages are distributed to several districts in Aceh Province, especially in the traditional market in Banda Aceh City.

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