OLAC Record oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/110579

Metadata
Title:		SD1-336
Bibliographic Citation:		Ale Laju, Danerek, H. Stefan, Danerek, H. Stefan, Danerek, H. Stefan, Danerek, H. Stefan; 2023-08-18; Genre: Weaving. Title: 'Weavers’ histories and methods' (4. Ale Laju. b. approx. 1965). Recording and interview with Mrs. Ale Laju (originally from Woja, desa Lidi, Palu'e, now living in Nangahure, Flores). Mama Ale Laju tells about her life as a weaver. She does not remember her grandmother's weaving because she passed away when Laju was about 5 years old. Laju followed or watched her mother do weaving work when she was still small, before they moved to Mbai, Flores, after the natural disaster (1972) or volcanic eruption in her childhood. Her mother, with her affines, still worked in the old ways back then, using 'niku' for weft insertion, and natural dyes, with about the same methods and materials as described by the other senior weavers. Therefore the methods are not described here. Laju's mother only wove Palu'e cloths, for personal/family wear and to give the wifetakers (weta hina). Laju began weaving quite late, in her early 20s, after returning from Mbai, because they did not weave while living in Mbai. At this time, Laju, like the great majority of Palu'e weavers, worked only with synthetic dyes, 'kimia' as she says. She ikatted both Palu'e and Sikka cloths. She can also handspin yarn. And like most Palu'e women, weaving was a side activity, continuous, but secondary to farming work, while also preparing food and caring for the children. Laju began focusing on weaving after moving to Flores again after the volcanic eruptions 2012-2013. In Nangahure the Palu'e refugee community have little access to arable land, so many women decided to focus on weaving, later forming a weaving group, Mbola so, which Laju is a member of. They decided to focus on natural dyes, so Laju had use of her childhood memories for this. Laju weaves to provide the wifetakers with cloths, synthetically dyed Sikka or Palu'e sarongs, but most of the weaving is for selling. Her three daughters help her to sell through social media, mostly locally though. On Palu'e she only rarely sold cloths. Laju's weaving pays for the children's schooling and their other basic needs, Laju lives separate from her husband, who lives on Palu'e. So, Mama Laju is a diligent weaver. In Nangahure she weaves 'complete', all the Palu'e designs, some provided by Cawa, and Sikka and more creative designs, all in natural dyes, unless she weaves for the family, natural dyed cloths are reserved for selling. Recorded by SD late morning 23 Aug 2023 in Mama Laju's home using a Canon EOS (vid) and a H4N Zoom audio recorder. See also SD1-329–SD1-331, SD1-337. The annotation work was supported by a Firebird Foundation Supplemental Research Grant for the Documentation of Oral Literature and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.; wav file at 44,1 KHz 16 bits, mp4 file, eaf file; Kaipuleohone University of Hawai'i Digital Language Archive;https://hdl.handle.net/10125/110579.
Contributor (depositor):		Danerek, H. Stefan
Contributor (interviewer):		Danerek, H. Stefan
Contributor (recorder):		Danerek, H. Stefan
Contributor (researcher):		Danerek, H. Stefan
Contributor (speaker):		Ale Laju
Coverage (ISO3166):		ID
Date (W3CDTF):		2023-08-18
Description:		Genre: Weaving. Title: 'Weavers’ histories and methods' (4. Ale Laju. b. approx. 1965). Recording and interview with Mrs. Ale Laju (originally from Woja, desa Lidi, Palu'e, now living in Nangahure, Flores). Mama Ale Laju tells about her life as a weaver. She does not remember her grandmother's weaving because she passed away when Laju was about 5 years old. Laju followed or watched her mother do weaving work when she was still small, before they moved to Mbai, Flores, after the natural disaster (1972) or volcanic eruption in her childhood. Her mother, with her affines, still worked in the old ways back then, using 'niku' for weft insertion, and natural dyes, with about the same methods and materials as described by the other senior weavers. Therefore the methods are not described here. Laju's mother only wove Palu'e cloths, for personal/family wear and to give the wifetakers (weta hina). Laju began weaving quite late, in her early 20s, after returning from Mbai, because they did not weave while living in Mbai. At this time, Laju, like the great majority of Palu'e weavers, worked only with synthetic dyes, 'kimia' as she says. She ikatted both Palu'e and Sikka cloths. She can also handspin yarn. And like most Palu'e women, weaving was a side activity, continuous, but secondary to farming work, while also preparing food and caring for the children. Laju began focusing on weaving after moving to Flores again after the volcanic eruptions 2012-2013. In Nangahure the Palu'e refugee community have little access to arable land, so many women decided to focus on weaving, later forming a weaving group, Mbola so, which Laju is a member of. They decided to focus on natural dyes, so Laju had use of her childhood memories for this. Laju weaves to provide the wifetakers with cloths, synthetically dyed Sikka or Palu'e sarongs, but most of the weaving is for selling. Her three daughters help her to sell through social media, mostly locally though. On Palu'e she only rarely sold cloths. Laju's weaving pays for the children's schooling and their other basic needs, Laju lives separate from her husband, who lives on Palu'e. So, Mama Laju is a diligent weaver. In Nangahure she weaves 'complete', all the Palu'e designs, some provided by Cawa, and Sikka and more creative designs, all in natural dyes, unless she weaves for the family, natural dyed cloths are reserved for selling. Recorded by SD late morning 23 Aug 2023 in Mama Laju's home using a Canon EOS (vid) and a H4N Zoom audio recorder. See also SD1-329–SD1-331, SD1-337. The annotation work was supported by a Firebird Foundation Supplemental Research Grant for the Documentation of Oral Literature and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
		Region: Flores, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia. Recording made in the Palu'e village in Nangahure, near Maumere.
Format:		wav file at 44,1 KHz 16 bits
		mp4 file
		eaf file
		0:29:07
Identifier:		SD1-336
Identifier (URI):		https://hdl.handle.net/10125/110579
Language:		Palu'e
Language (ISO639):		ple
Subject:		Palu'e language
Subject (ISO639):		ple
Table Of Contents:		SD1-336.mp4
		SD1-336.wav
		SD1-336.eaf
OLAC Info
Archive:		Kaipuleohone
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
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OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/110579
DateStamp:		2025-04-10
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Ale Laju (speaker); Danerek, H. Stefan (recorder); Danerek, H. Stefan (researcher); Danerek, H. Stefan (depositor); Danerek, H. Stefan (interviewer). 2023. Kaipuleohone.
Terms:		area_Asia country_ID iso639_ple
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Indonesia
Area:		Asia