Returning to Their True Colors

Women in the South Pringgasela Village, East Lombok, are reviving traditional woven textiles. In the process they have developed new motifs and re-introduced natural dyes.

January 1, 2018

Nely Sopiana, 30, does not have time for a break after performing household chores. After sweeping, washing and cooking, the mother-of-one would go straight to the gedogan, a wooden manual loom, located in one corner of her home.

Unlike manual looms used by weavers in some regions of Indonesia, the gedogan makes a loud clacking noise when its wooden parts come together.

"It was a challenge to re-learn weaving," said the South Pringgasela Village

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