Strained Crafts of Lampung

Original Lampung Society has a distinctive tradition structure. Form of customary law in the community different between a groups of people with each other. In general can be distinguished in two groups of the indigenous communities Saibatin and Pepadun.
Lampung society based on ties kekerabatannya can be divided into classes-a small group, which is often called Buay / Kebuayan.

Lampung tribe that habitual Pepadun can be grouped into:
• Abung Siwo Mego (abung nine clans)
• Mego Mr Tulang Bawang (onion four bones clan)
• Pubian Telu tribe (the tribe of three pubian)
• Buay Lima (right way)

Lampung tribe that habitual Saibatin consists of:
• Peminggir Melinting (Meninting) / Rajabasa
• Peminggir Bay
• Peminggir Semaka
• Peminggir Sekala Brak
• Komering

Based on the distribution of the population of all the fork is known as the Province Lampung Sang Bumi Ruwa sequence that can mean "Earth In The Two Unity."

Lampung known in various equipment and custom equipment to someone who symbolizes the status of tenure marked with a traditional cloth that is strained Kain Lampung.


The strained Lampung

The fabric is strained gown Lampung tribe that shaped the fabric sheath made of woven cotton with a motif or decoration materials toothpick, thread or silver thread with a gold system Sulam (Lampung; "beak").
Thus, the filter is the result of Lampung woven cotton with a motif, or silver thread and gold thread is a typical tribal dress Lampung. This type of weaving is usually used at the waist to the bottom of the shaped sheath made from cotton with natural motifs such as motifs, flora and fauna disulam with gold thread and silver thread.
Strained Lampung including traditional craft because the equipment used in making cloth and basic motives hiasnya is simple and is done by pengerajin. This craft is made by women, both housewives and girls (muli-muli), which in the beginning to fill leisure time with the goal to meet the custom demands that are considered sacred. Cloth filter at this time produced by the whim of the decorative variety of goods as a commodity that has economic value that is high enough.


History Kain strained Lampung

Fabric filter is one type of traditional society in Lampung coordinate both of their lives and the environment, the Creator of Hosts. Therefore, the emergence of the fabric filter is applied through the stages that lead to the perfection tenunnya techniques, and ways to provide a decorative fad in accordance with the cultural community.
According to Van der Hoop lampung mentioned that people have been weaving brocade called trays (handsome) and cloths Pelepai since II century BC. Motif fabric hook and this is the female friend (Key and Rhomboid shape), tree of life and the building containing the human spirit that has died. There are also motifs of animals, sun, moon and jasmine. Also known that woven filter cloth, the disulam with white silk called Kain Inuh strained.
Trappings of the woven fabric Lampung also have elements with the same protean tub in other regions. This can be seen from the elements that influence taradisi Neolithikum is usually found in Indonesia.
Inclusion of Islam in Lampung, also appeared to enrich the development of the craft is strained. Although new elements have been influential, the elements remain long maintained.
There is communication and traffic between the islands of Indonesia is very possible to develop a population maritime network. Kemaritiman world or with a charming era has started growing since Hindu kingdom era and achieve success in the growth and development of the Islamic kingdoms between the years 1500 1700.

Starting from the historical background, the creative imagination of artists and creators clearly affect the results of creation to take the ideas in the everyday life that goes around the environment where the artist lived it.
The use of sea transport at the sea and the natural environment has given the idea of decorative motifs on the cloth ship. Variety ship motif on the cloth indicates the existence of diversity of ships and the construction of ships used.
In its development, it appeared that not all tribes use Lampung strained supplies as a means of living. Lampung tribe known that produce and develop a common woven filter tribe Lampung is a habitual Pepadun.

Materials and Equipment Woven filter Lampung

Basic Materials strained Lampung:
Lampung filter cloth which is a traditional handicraft weaving community Lampung is made from cotton thread and gold thread. Yarn cotton yarn is derived from cotton material and is used as basic material in making the cloth filter, while the gold thread is used to create a fad in the tub with a strained system Sulam.
In 1950, the craftsmen still use the filter material results of their own, especially for woven materials. The process of using the processing system bundle, while the use of gold thread has been known since long.

Materials, raw materials are:
• Khambak / cotton used to make yarn.
• silkworm cocoon to make silk.
• Pantis / wax hive for tense yarn.
• Roots Serai wangi preservative for yarn.
• betel leaves to make cloth the color does not fade.
• Fruit matchmaker, girl leaves, bark kejal to red coloring.
• Skin regards wood, bark rambutans to black coloring.
• Skin or mahogany wood kalit durian for coloring chocolate.
• deduku fruit or leaf talom for blue dye.
• Kunyit for whiting and yellow coloring.

At this time the materials mentioned above are rarely used anymore, because of the materials above are already many are in the market.

Woven fabric filter equipment:
The process of weaving cloth filter menggunakn equipment as follows:
• Sesang is a tool for preparing the yarn before weaving equipment is installed on.
• Mattakh is a tool for weaving cloth filter that consists of the

Tools:
• Terikan (tool rolls thread)
• Cacap (a tool for placing equipment mettakh)
• Belida (a means to strengthen thread)
• Kusuran (a tool for preparing the separate thread and yarn)
• trim (rentangan tool for holding rolls of yarn and weaving)
• Guyun (a tool to set the thread)
• Ijan or Peneken (foot allowance weavers)
• Sekeli (tool to roll the yarn feed, the yarn is inserted crosswise)
• Terupong / Teropong (a tool to enter the feed yarn to weave)
• divan (retainer back weavers)
• Tekang that is a means to stretch the fabric during the embroidery of gold thread.