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Flores-Indonesia Tribal Hand-Woven Fabrics
Flores offers unique woven fabrics for textile lovers. Women not only continue to make traditional clothes on the back of their loom, but also continue to wear them in their daily lives. There is a wide variety of kaleidoscopic designs - each region has a unique & enchanting textile culture, clothing style & motif. We will explore the extraordinary ancestral traditions from the "Bliran Sina" Cultural Arts Studio where textiles are the main form of artistic expression, which still plays a central
Timezone
Asia/Jakarta (UTC +7hs)
Maumere, Flores Island, Indonesia
Flores-Indonesia-Tribal Hand-Woven Fabrics
Enjoy the most interesting process of making hand-woven fabrics using hand-spun cotton and natural coloring. You will see and learn how the people in "Bliran Sina" Cultural Art Studio preserve their culture as an ancestral heritage that must be passed on to the younger generation.
Flores Tribal woven fabrics still plays a central role in every important stage of their lives, especially in marriage and death. Some residents in Watublapi Village even commented: “without woven cloth, our children cannot get married”.
There are 12 steps in all, starting from separating the cotton from the seeds, continuing to the dyeing process using natural color materials and finally weaving manually until a woven sarong is ready to be used as a dowry which must be handed over from the woman to the male party or to be used in certain traditional ceremonies or sold in the market. And you will also have the opportunity to have direct conversations with the weavers.
Enjoy watching, you will be amazed by the people of this cultural arts studio!
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Inclusions & Exclusions
• A package of the traditional hand-woven fabric manufacturing process (cleaning the cotton, separating the seeds, smoothing the cotton, spinning the yarn, forming the motif, dyeing it, and so on until the sheet is ready to use), all together around 14 stages.
• Guide's round trip transportation 4 hours driving to and from the location of making the hand woven fabrics.
• Lunch Guide.
• Guide Fee.
• Your Network Fee.
• Any expenses not mentioned in the price include above.
Tour Important Information
* Feel free to personalize this offer with Gerard.
* Travel from the Comfort of Your Home.
* The idea of this virtual tour is to give you the opportunity to travel and see other sides of the globe from the comfort of your own home, even though the world is still hit by the corona virus (Covid-19).
* Meeting time will be fixed as per discussion with you, because we need to match the time difference.
This tour is available every day except Sunday and National Holidays and must be booked 3 days in advance.
Important message from the guide
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 48 hours prior to meeting time
- No Refund - less than - 24 hours before the meeting time
East Nusa Tenggara Tour Reviews
Julie M.
Flores-Indonesia Tribal Hand-Woven Fabrics
“My experience with Go with Guide did not go well. I would like a refund.”
I was on vacation in Indonesia and not able to keep my original zoom appointment at my hotel as my diving boat schedule was changed. I emailed Gerard the day before when I found out but he was on a 5 day tour on the other side of the island and could not get his email. He was not happy with me as he had to leave his tour to do the zoom which I had asked to reschedule. It just didn't work out.
Gerard D.
(1 reviews)Dear Julie, Thank you for your review, even though you did not experience the Flores-Indonesia Tribal Hand Woven Fabrics online tour. Not even a Zoom meeting, no direct communication via email or telephone. Even though your review is excellent with five stars, but I am sorry, that does not make me happy in the slightest. You know why, I feel wronged by your non-committal attitude. I have to waste extra time to make a 5 day overland tour package, also have to leave my guests who were trekking in the interior for 2 days and have to pay a village guide to accompany them because I have to return to Maumere for a Zoom meeting with you. I was really disappointed. I had gone back and forth to the village walking up and down the mountain for almost 8 hours hoping to have a discussion and then face to face tour with you, but the result was in vain. Without any further response, suddenly you give me a five-star review and ask for a refund. And you also did not say cancel beforehand. Therefore, with all due respect and regret, I must convey that I will not refund you. Even if it counts I still lose, but never mind... I am sorry! Thank you. Warm regards, Gerard
