The Weaving Tradition From Baduy Tribe

 Like the tribes in the archipelago, the Baduy people who live in the Kenekes Village also have traditions and customs handed down by their ancestors. One of these traditions is weaving. Weaving activities for the Baduy are activities carried out by women. generally from an early age they are taught how to weave cloth.

Weaving if interpreted literally is a person's activity in making woven goods such as cloth and clothes. This activity uses threads made of cotton or silk. so is the Baduy Tribe, in the Kendeng Mountains, Leuwidamar. Usually weaving activities are carried out at the front of their house called sosoro.

The initial process of weaving is done by spinning cotton into yarn. this thread is then used as material for making traditional cloth and clothing. Here, the weaving process is needed in forming. The threads that have been chosen are then put together using traditional weaving tools made of wood.

the length of fabric making from the weaving process depends on the size of the fabric and the motif used. The bigger and more complicated the process can take up to more than a month. one that characterizes the weaving tradition in the Baduy Tribe is the weaving result in the form of traditional cloth and clothing that has bright colors.

Traditional cloth and clothing Baduy tribe has a color that is divided into Inner Baduy and Outer Baduy. if the Inner Baduy is identical to the white symbolizing the sacred and free from the influence of external culture, the Baduy Tribe, the outer black and dark blue, becomes the color that dominates the woven fabric of their craft.

Baduy weaving activities can be seen immediately when visiting them in Cibeo Village, one of the villages in Kanekes Village. From here tourists can learn and learn the complexity of the fabric making process carried out by weaving. bamboo and wood blades that are colliding and tucking thread in traditional tools make it difficult for tourists to do weaving activities.

One interesting thing is that weaving activities can only be done by women. It is said that if the men are exposed to looms, let alone try this traditional activity, the man will change his behavior to be like a woman.