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Friday, April 6, 2012

Ulos Cloth

Three basic color of the Ulos Cloth,  namely red, black and white. Level of difficulty of making ulos cloth were different.
Some of these types ulos-Sabe Sabe (typical Batak Mandailing ulos cloth), sibolang, ragihotang, Mangiring, sadum, Harungguan and others. Price ranges from ulos cloth tens of thousands to millions of dollars. It depends on the type, pattern and material.
According to tribe Batak Beliefs there are three sources of warmth of the sun, fire, and ulos cloth. Batak tribe mostly live in the cool hills, besides the sun, ulos also be a source of warmth for themUlos cloth has an important role in the life of Batak society. Besides used in daily activities,   ulos cloth is also used in major events such as weddingsbirth and death ceremonies. Cloth has a distinctive ulos in Batak society not surprisingly, in ancient times, ulos cloth usually used by the royal family of Batak is a gold and silver. In addition, if there is some celebration of the events that do not use ulos, it is not legitimate event.

There are many teachings in the Batak tribes cloth ulos. One of them, ulos cloth should not be given from a lower to a higher position. For example, from child to his father. There are many other teachings and history of the Batak tribe about ulos cloth.


 a. Ragi Hotang Ulos
  



b. Sibolang Ulos
  


 c. Harungguan Ulos
 


4. Sadum Ulos
 












5. Sabe-Sabe Ulos







Shawl-Sabe Sabe used in Batak Mandeling traditions for ceremonial and traditional dances to the so-called Tor-Tor.



















An old woman was weaving cloth

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