Traditional Weaving - Part 2

00:00:00tak muyuh naru' epin ngilad
if you made mats in the past

00:00:02tuleng kapeh muyuh naru'-naru' epin?
at what time did you make them?

00:00:06renga' inan masa teh narih
when you have the time

00:00:09dih ko inan belawang muh keyh
when you have free time

00:00:11dih niko naru'
then you do it

00:00:13awey' muyuh naru' dih renga' muyuh la' lati' kekuh keyh?
don't you do it when you want to start farming?

00:00:16la' ranih, kayu' ineh keyh?
or you want to harvest? like that?

00:00:18mo, tak ko nuk la' ranih keyh
yeah, if you want to start harvesting

00:00:21am, nuk teh sinih nih keyh
no, it's like this

00:00:24tak ko doo' belawang keyh
if you are free

00:00:26naru', taru'-taru' teh narih
just go ahead and do it

00:00:29am ieh na'it tiko ranih
it doesn't have to be when you're harvesting

00:00:30am na'it ko lati'
it doesn't have to be when you're planting

00:00:33tu'en narih ripun nideh keyh
you just keep them

00:00:35mo
yes

00:00:37dih inan muh doo' belawang
then when you are free

00:00:39naru' neh narih
you can do it

00:00:40kineh tieh
just like that

00:00:41mmm
yeah

00:00:42tak beto' labo i'eyk ngetep deh ngilad ko'?
and if rats ate it in the past?

00:00:45mo
yes

00:00:46tu'en muyuh ngudeh nidih?
what do you do with it?

00:00:47neh nideh lemulun nuk doo' kenail
those people who are hard working
tu'en muyuh ngudeh nidih?
what do you do with it?

00:00:48neh nideh lemulun nuk doo' kenail
those people who are hard working

00:00:51suseh
that's a problem

00:00:52limeh lulun, merar dideh lun ibal ih
five rolls [of mat], some people had really big ones

00:00:55en deh ripun
and they just keep them

00:00:57iuk-iuk keyh labo nuk kuman deh
and then after some time the rats eat them

00:01:01pengeh ineh tu'en muyuh ngudeh nidih?
after that, what do you do with them?

00:01:03mey muyuh ngalap si'it kaber beruh?
do you go and get some more pendanus?

00:01:06mo
yes

00:01:06mo
yes
tu'en muyuh ngudeh nidih, ken muyuh?
what do you do with it?

00:01:07tu'en muyuh ngudeh nidih, ken muyuh?
what do you do with it?

00:01:09mey narih ngalap kaber keyh
you go and get some pendanus

00:01:11en narih nuk beruh ih tu'en muh ripun men
and you keep the new ones as well

00:01:15na'am, renga' labo i'eyk ngetep ih kekuh?
no, if the rats eat them?

00:01:17ngetep epin ih?
eat the mats?

00:01:20nga' deh ngetep ih keyh
if they eat it

00:01:22kereb tu'en narih mubpul ih
you can patch it up

00:01:24iih mubpul
yeah, patch it up

00:01:25nii' kedeh nginih
they call it "nii',"
iih mubpul
yeah, patch it up

00:01:26nii' kedeh nginih
they call it "nii',"

00:01:26nii' kedeh nginih
they call it "nii',"
nii' kedeh ngidih
yes they call it "nii',"

00:01:28nii' kedeh nginih
they call it "nii',"

00:01:28nii' lem kinan dih keyh
they mend the bit that was eaten

00:01:31mmm
yeah

00:01:33am karuh beken tu'en muyuh renga' muyuh nii' neh?
is there another word for it when you mend?

00:01:37nii' tupu tieh?
or is it just nii'?

00:01:38mo, nii'
yes, nii'

00:01:40suk nga' apo ratan ih keyh
the one when the roof is leaking

00:01:44ngeluu' kedeh ngen sineh
they call that "ngeluu',"

00:01:45ngeluu' kedeh ngen sineh
they call that "ngeluu',"
ngeluu' teh kedeh ngen sineh
they call that one "ngeluu',"

00:01:45ngeluu' teh kedeh ngen sineh
they call that one "ngeluu',"

00:01:46iiih
yes
ngeluu' teh kedeh ngen sineh
they call that one "ngeluu',"

00:01:47ngeluu' teh kedeh ngen sineh
they call that one "ngeluu',"

00:01:47awey' deh ngeluu' epin ih kekuh
do they not use ngeluu' for mending mats?

00:01:49a'am
no!

00:01:50nii' kedeh ngen ena' ngen epin nih
they say nii' when mending mats

00:01:53nii' kedeh ngen epin ih
they use the word nii' for mending mats

00:01:54iiih nii'
yes nii'
nii' kedeh ngen epin ih
they use the word nii' for mending mats

00:01:55iiih nii'
yes nii'
ngeluu' kedeh ngen apo ih
and they use the word ngeluu' for the roof

00:01:55ngeluu' kedeh ngen apo ih
and they use the word ngeluu' for the roof

00:01:56mo
yes

00:01:58"ooh naru' enun ko?" kedeh
"ooh what are you doing?" they ask

00:02:01"toooi nih neh labo kuman epin kudih," keneh
"rats have eaten my mat," someone says

00:02:06"nih uih nii' dih," kedeh keyh
"now I'm mending it," they say

00:02:08"nih uih nii' dih," kedeh keyh
"now I'm mending it," they say
iiih
yeah

00:02:08iiih
yeah

00:02:09neh nideh nuk mubpul ih
the ones who patch it up

00:02:11mo, mubpul
yes, mending

00:02:12naru' nginih tupu doo' teh
just put them here, that's fine

00:02:13nuk ih suk belaan deh mubpul ih keyh...
when they say "mubpul" is...
naru' nginih tupu doo' teh
just put them here, that's fine

00:02:14nuk ih suk belaan deh mubpul ih keyh...
when they say "mubpul" is...

00:02:15nuk ih suk belaan deh mubpul ih keyh...
when they say "mubpul" is...
nun ih, mubpul kelibung?
what, patching clothes?

00:02:15nun ih, mubpul kelibung?
what, patching clothes?

00:02:16nuk kelibung ih
is with clothes
nun ih, mubpul kelibung?
what, patching clothes?

00:02:17nuk kelibung ih
is with clothes

00:02:18tak kelibung rerak ih
if clothes are torn

00:02:20neh nideh mubpul ih
then they patch them up

00:02:24epin ih keyh, nii' ayu' teh kedeh ngen epin
for mats, they say nii'

00:02:28lun merar ngilad
our elders in the past

00:02:30kapeh muyuh ngalap kaber inih?
how do you collect this pendanus?

00:02:33ken ngalap nuk mangud ih muyuh doo', kapeh?
do you collect the young ones or what?

00:02:36nuk apeh nuk doo' tu'en muyuh nenganuh?
which ones are good for weaving?

00:02:37eyh nuk tera tu-tu'uh keyh, nuk ineh
the ones that are old, those ones
nuk apeh nuk doo' tu'en muyuh nenganuh?
which ones are good for weaving?

00:02:39eyh nuk tera tu-tu'uh keyh, nuk ineh
the ones that are old, those ones

00:02:42ngalap nuk doo' kerib men to' narih
pick the ones that are just right

00:02:45am tieh nuk mangud ketuh doo' men
the very young ones are also not good

00:02:48ooh
ooh

00:02:50naru' tupu ieh nginih to'
just put it here for now

00:02:50nuk doo'-doo'
the good ones
naru' tupu ieh nginih to'
just put it here for now

00:02:51naru' tupu ieh nginih to'
just put it here for now

00:02:52doo' tiko naru' sengi beruh
you should do those ones as well

00:02:55am tiko buro-buro let ngineh ih
don't move from there

00:02:57iko teh suk la' tu'en ngaber ih kemuh
you are the one she wants to film

00:03:01buro peh keduih, doo' teh kedi'it
if I move it's fine

00:03:12tooi ku ngilad, Lapu
in the past, Lapu

00:03:14nih tu'en narih ngilad
this is what we used to do

00:03:17ta'on, kamih lun merar
us poor old folks

00:03:21muyuh anak nuk inih teh nuk na'am nenaru' ih
you young people are the one who have never done this

00:03:25nganeh dih terun, at mukul deh
it's probably because they are lazy

00:03:28mo, at teh mukul deh keyh
yes, they are lazy

00:03:30am tideh suk la' belajar ih
and they don't want to learn

00:03:32kadi' tuih mala am tebuut teh anak keruih
that's why I say my children don't at all

00:03:35Senabu' Madelin dih teh doo'
Madelin is good

00:03:37ngalap tu'uh ih
she picked it up

00:03:40naru' teh kedieh neh epin
she does make mats

00:03:46naru' bakul nih, ta'on ieh
she makes baskets, poor thing

00:03:51eyh kuwa-kuwa
oh dear

00:03:53leng-leng-leng da'at ih neh belih epin ngilad
it was really bad selling mats in the past

00:03:59tak lun Pa Mada, lun Pa Dalih
people from Pa Mada and Pa Dalih

00:04:03belih epin kamih Remudu tideh
they bought mats from us in Remudu

00:04:07a'am inih ngen lun bawang beken ih keyh
no other villages had them

00:04:13Remudu tupu teh inan midih sinih
Remudu was the only place that had them

00:04:24neh iko ngudeh ih?
now you're doing what?

00:04:26nih ngurak ih
this is cutting them

00:04:27naru' ieh kinih-kinih
to make them like this

00:04:30neh nenganuh ih ano'
and then you weave it later

00:04:32oooh
oooh

00:04:35beken teh tu'en Tepu' kedieh dih ngilad ko'
the way my mum did it in the past was different

00:04:39tu'en neh kinih tidih ngi kukud nedih
she put it like this between her toe

00:04:40mo
yes
tu'en neh kinih tidih ngi kukud nedih
she put it like this between her toe

00:04:41enun ih suk kineh ih beruh?
what is that one?

00:04:42tu'en deh ngurak
that's cutting it into strips

00:04:45nih dih
this is it

00:04:46en muh ngurak dih keyh
if you cut it

00:04:48da'at teh paad deh men
it's not very even

00:04:50kadi' keduih la'...
that's why I like...

00:04:52en deh ngurak deh nih
they cut it like this

00:04:54ngurak deh kinih keyh
they cut them like this

00:04:58kinih
like this

00:04:59mmm
yeah

00:05:01naru' kinih nidih
do it like this

00:05:08oh at paad deh
oh you mean they're not even

00:05:09renga' naru' deh kineh ih kemuh?
if you do it like that?

00:05:11iiih
yeah

00:05:12at paad dih
it's not even

00:05:19kadi' teh epin ibal ngilad keyh
that's why for some people's mats in the past

00:05:23kura neh ibal keyh, dari neh ibal
some [strips] were thick and others thin

00:05:28mmm
yeah

00:05:30nga' deh naru' ih ki-kineh ih
when they do it like this