Thursday, January 24, 2008

Plaiting



Plaiting is one of the most favourite local activities done by the female population in Brunei Darussalam. Although the purpose is only to kill the time, some of them do take plaiting seriously as a source of earning. There are numerous products of plaiting ranging from nyiru (basket) to tikar (mat).

          


Nyiru

It is an equipment to separate rice from paddy during rice cultivation. It is made from rotan (stem from a slender palm) and the frame is made from *salingkawang, *rotan peladis, *rotan manuk, or *tamanit.

*different types of rotan


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4 comments:

+-sEcReT.x.RaNDoM-+ said...

I wanna try plaiting! It really looks like fun! ^__^

Dilly said...

I tried once back in elementary school. it was really fun tho there were complications =D

Dilly said...

what are you trying to say?

joha said...

seronok melihat masih ada yang menganyam menkuang. Sudah begitu lama tak melihat nya. Dulu masa ibu masih kuat kami turut mencari dan melayar nya.

brunei culture has to be maintained for the next generation to see