At present, Mondulkiri Indigenous People’s Association for Improvement (MIPAD), which has been supported by System Worldwide Cambodia, is carrying out its routines underneath the task “Disaster Possibility Reduction and Weather Modify Adaptation of Indigenous Communities in Mondulkiri”. In this regard, MIPAD has despatched a venture staff to analyze and investigate the history of textile weaving and weaving products of Bunong ethnic minority group for further more analysis paperwork. In addition, the affiliation has fashioned a group of weavers, mainly girls, and has acquired schooling in weaving capabilities in addition to the weaving capabilities they experienced acquired from their ancestors. And this perform is also in addition to agricultural perform which has been impacted by weather improve.
The textile weaving of Bu nong ethnic minority can weave such as scarfs (The Kama, Bunong’s language), blankets, bandwidth (Yus), handkerchiefs and purses. The weaving approach is comparable in measurement to the sizing, even though the design is not as simple as it is unique in its creation. The weaving process is extended or short, dependent on the production of several elements in substantial or small sizing. Normally, weaving a scarf of 20 × 180, 20 × 200, 25 × 180, 25 × 200 requires 4 days and is utilized for all gatherings. A skirt with crimson and black hues, and together with some symptoms these kinds of as vegetable, seeds, dove’s egg, dimensions 50 × 200, 60 × 200 usually takes 60 times and according to plan, it takes 1 calendar year. Furthermore, it was applied in the wedding day in which the groom’s household presents to the bride’s family, and then they use it to address the head of buffalo which they already eliminate and utilized in the ceremony as souvenirs and objects. Following the ceremony, the bride’s mom can use it as a blanket or skirts. A black and white bandwidth, consisting of the symptoms of human, trees, mountain, buffalos, cows and Pythagorean scratches sign dimensions 50 × 200, 60 × 200, 70 × 200, usually takes about 90 times, traditionally will take 1 year and 3 months, and is applied for the exact ceremony like scarfs. A compact bandwidth can trade a little buffalo, 1 cow, or a person goat. A blanket with crimson, black, and white shade, consisting of signs this sort of as a compact stream, homes, human, and mountains in the measurement of 250 × 300, 250 × 400, normally takes 180 days historically it normally takes two-year. In the past, indigenous people, Bunong, do weaving only when they are absolutely free from executing farming. As a outcome, the weaving of Bunong can take incredibly lengthy time and the consequence from weaving is really useful for them.
For its shade, it was at first white, black, and purple. To get a black coloration, Bunong collects tiny trees (not certain) and grind individuals trees to acquire black ink. As soon as they received, they mixed black ink with cotton thread to get black cotton. For purple, they ordinarily utilised fruits which they were being formed like rambutan, and make it as red liquid and then mixed with cotton to grow to be crimson-colored. Indigenous men and women, Bunong, popularly plant cotton for the function of their weaving lifestyle.
Bunong’s weaving society, all weavers should have plenty of devices ahead of they can weave, and all of them are Kei (Nak Cha, Bunong’s language), and Hong. And weaving and Structure (Korm), there are layouts that can be mentioned that it is the historical Bunong indigenous local community, these types of as: kitchen area, Kaisna, arrow, guord, human, tiger’s nose, python, cucumber’s seed, doves, snake, spider’s nest, worm’s eyes, mountain, streams, particular person holding fingers, strolling route, excellent silver h2o beetle, wasp, grasshopper, jumbo of tiger, mosquitoes, trees, waterfalls, wild streams rabbit, pumpkin, rice. Each of layouts represented: Arrow and Kaisna symbolize the hunting of Indigenous Peoples (Bunong). The kitchen signifies the area of food. The python, the snake image, the nose of tiger graphic, and the great silver water beetle graphic characterize intense wildlife. The images of guord, cucumber, pumpkin, and rice stand for the planting of crops. The illustrations or photos of a waterfall, wildlife, stream, mountain, and water symbolize the livelihood landscape of the ethnic minority, Bunong. Rabbits represent sensible and clever individuals. Creating design and style is to make the textile fabrics look much more desirable and lovely. In that, the use of coloration also has its this means, these kinds of as the vibrant is the emblem of the very hot aspect. Light-weight colors are the chilly element which refers to the attractiveness of mother nature and natural refreshing. As a end result, they appear lovely in the Bunong’s weaving lifestyle as properly as the style of every single textile.
Now, the weaving culture of Bunong Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia has been uninterested by individuals, since so much, a large amount of them focus on only farming and pay really considerably less interest and incredibly much less time practicing weaving capabilities that have been remaining behind by their ancestors. Mainly because of the local climate change, the farming, as effectively as the developing of the plant, have been very seriously impacted and the spouse and children scenario of Indigenous Peoples, Bunong, have been challenged in their life. As a result, Mondulkiri Indigenous People’s Association for Development, underneath the help of Program Global Cambodia, has strived to deliver education in agriculture, seeds choice, plant security, planting approaches as very well as to review the weaving tradition and present more techniques to them in buy to get paid additional earnings aside from performing farming or agriculture.