| Description |
Katu women have their own space in their traditional house to weave brocade fabric in their free time. The main materials include raw fabric fibers and colored fabric fibers, beads (fruit seeds, lead), and rattles (copper). After harvesting, cotton seeds are dried, separated, rolled, and spun into yarn. The cotton yarn has an original white color. To dye the yarn, the craftsman uses the root of the achất, ahứ plant (pink); the trunk and leaves of the tà râm, a chất tree (indigo, black); myrtle roots (purple), angoăn mơrớt, arắc tree (yellow)... To increase the durability of the color, the Katu people use snail shell powder and honey mixed with a mixture of soaked leaves, plants, and forest tubers. fabric. The Katu weaving loom is made from wood and bamboo with parts such as pang; 02 pairs of anóp; chrđóh; Dhrắ; chrtau; Trơ pang; Crusu; Prơ hơm; pê nết; Xe; Crơchan. Popular motifs include diamond-shaped agate, pinwheel-shaped, four-petaled flowers, loincloths drying on a line, spikes, firewood stacked on the stove, rice plants, and dancing women. The main product is Tút cloth with many different sizes and widths. Tút is made from techniques of weaving plain fabric, weaving wavy patterns, and weaving with beaded patterns. Among them, the technique of weaving and attaching beaded patterns is the most difficult and sophisticated. From the Tút sheet, the Katu people create many items such as shirts, loincloths, short skirts, long skirts, robes, scarves, belts, etc. |
