Sambas Songket of West Kalimantan

West Kalimantan is welknown with songket from Sambas, the colors and motifs are floral motifs as influenced by the Malay people of Sumatera.The gold thread embroidery and also payet embroidered is one among others wich people like it.



The motifs are arrange one by one into a certain motifs of geometric or floral and there is centipen motifs (lipan motif) in the curving shaped of payets and the lotus flower. This kind of motifs is produced for the people of surounding palace. According to their believe the gold thread color or silver color has a symbolical meaning to protect the owner from misfortune. The people of East Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan the Dayak people are the experts in marking beads and payets ornamen. In their clothes.

Among of embroidert motifs are combined with moven motifs. In the Dayak traditional clothes, the women jacket without sleeves, the bassed color is black or dark blue or payets contrast color with the colors background. On the edge of the cloth decorated with hanging coins. The skirt of the Dayak usually is short skirt, this kind of clothes worn in several ceremonial occasions.

Embroidery from East Kalimantan is relatively new, and very creative work. It has plain background and the colorful threads dominantly of blue, red, green, and yellow in floral motifs. The kind of motifs are inspirated by the wooden cofin of the ancestor which usually stand in front of the long house. The decorative embroidery product are applied in clothing and also for interior products. Nowdays the embroidery craftswomen are actively promote their skilled in embroidery by travelling to many places in Jakarta, Surabaya even promote it to Australia.

references
Gebyar Adi Kriya SUlam Indonesia (Produk Budaya Indonesia Kreatif Sekarang dan yang akan Datang) Jakarta, 24 April 2009
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