Traditional Handwoven Textiles of Alor Regency
Linda S. McIntosh, who holds a Master’s in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a doctorate from Simon Fraser University, has extensively researched Southeast Asian textiles. She served as a consulting curator at the Tilleke & Gibbins Textile Collection (2005–2013), curating exhibitions such as Status, Myth, and the Supernatural: Ritual Tai Textiles (2005) and Weaving Paradise (2007–2008). Her publications include Art of Southeast Asian Textiles: The Tilleke & Gibbins Collection (2012), Thread and Fire: Textiles and Jewellery from the Isles of Indonesia and Timor (2020), and a chapter in Global Ikat: Roots and Routes of a Textile Technique (2023). Since 2018, she has collaborated with curator Yulianti A. Peni on Alor Regency’s textiles, securing a British Museum grant in 2022 to document Alurung textiles. Based in Luang Prabang, Laos, for over a decade, she continues her work as a cultural heritage expert, curating exhibitions and managing museums.
Songket Minangkabau
Minangkabau or ‘Minang’ refers to both cultural and geographical which is characterized by a specific language, a customs system (adat) embracing matrilineal kinship and the tenets of Islam as the life-pathway. Geographically, the land of Minangkabau includes most of West Sumatra, half of Riau, northern Bengkulu, western Jambi, North Sumatra's west coast, southwest Aceh, and Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia.
Bebali Textiles: Hindu Balinese Sacred Cloth Of Prayer And Hope
Bebali is a woven textile that is used for religious ceremonies. Bebali has an important meaning for Balinese society since this cloth has artistic and aesthetic values as well as symbolic meaning in Balinese society. Bebali cloth is a sacred cloth for Panca Yadnya ceremonies in Balinese Hinduism. Bebali has two different types and has three different motifs in several places in Bali.
Sharing Knowledge Proceedings 9th ATTS
TTASSEA is the driving force behind the ASEAN Traditional Textile Symposium (ATTS) series, which began in 2005 in Jakarta. We are pleased to announce the release of the Proceedings from the highly successful 9th ATTS, held from November 3 to 6, 2024, in Vientiane, Lao PDR. We extend our sincere appreciation to the Lao Handicraft Association for allowing us to share this important work.
IKAT WEAVINGS OF INDONESIA
In this section, we would like to feature a colleague Myra Widiono, founder of WARLAMI (Association of Indonesian Natural Dyes) who is an advocate of natural dyes in Indonesia. Myra has kindly permitted this website to upload one of her writings she presented last year at World Ikat Textile Symposium in Baguio, the Philippines.