Tapis cloth is women's clothing in the form of sarongs made of woven
cotton material with a decorative motif, floss with silver or embroided gold thread.
Therefore, Tapis of Lampung is the work of cotton yarn with
a pattern woven, yarn and silver or gold threads into clothing typical of Lampung tribe. This type of woven clothes is
usually worn on the waist to the bottom of the form of gloves made of cotton
yarn with a pattern like the motif of nature, flora and fauna that are
embroidered with gold thread and silver thread.
Tapis of Lampung includes
Traditional Crafts for equipment used in making the basic fabric and dressing motives
done by craftsmen. These crafts are made by women, both housewives and girls whom
were originally to fill his spare time in order to meet the demands of
tradition considered sacred. Tapestry fabrics are currently produced by
craftsmen with varied decorative forms as commodity items having high economic
value.
Since ancient time people of Lampung has had some kind of traditional
dress in the form of sarongs woven and embroidered in gold thread. This kind of
dress is worn by brides on ceremonial wedding occasions. In addition to that, Tapis dress is worn by traditional dancers and persons carrying
tray to welcome very important guests such
as governmental officials or highly respected clan leaders. In recent years, Tapis clothes are widely worn by people who have to attend either
traditional or formal ceremonies.
Form of embroidery motifs is various
depending on the Lampung regions. In
each region there are several kinds of motif as well. All together, there are more
Tapis motifs as follows:
Nowadays, Tapis sarongs are machine-produced and may be for such accessories
as wallets, hats and key holders.
Tapis craft used to be dominated by older women or young girls but now
all can participate in making it since Tapis
industries are open to all who are
looking for a job.
If you are interested in tradtional Lampung
Tapis, please pay a visit to Lampung as there are a
number of Tapis clothes art shops.
Most visitors to Bandar Lampung city
buy Tapis clothes to be brought home
as souvenir gifts.
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