Traditional Weaving - Part 5
Sineh Nu'uh Ulun demonstrates how to weave a mat using the Remudu dialect of Kelabit. In this recording, she demonstrates how to weave the mat. The recording was made in Bario on 11th February 2019.
in the past, other people didn't teach me
when mum wove
I sat down next to her
I would watch her picking up strips
and then I knew
everything that I do
no-one taught me
I would watch
and then I knew
that's how it was with me
when you fold it
does it go underneath?
yes, this is the bit I folded earlier
this one
this one
iiih
yeah
yeah
these ones
yes
like this
you fold it
yes
tu'en ngelepi' nieh
you fold it
yes
muli' nieh mey ruyung nuk idih beruh?
and then it goes back with the rest?
and then it goes back with the rest?
yes, then it goes back together with these ones
at the end
this is left on the bottom
the folded bit
the folded ones are the ones that are cut off?
yes, they cut them all off
suk lipi' neh suk tu'en ngeteb ih?
the folded ones are the ones that are cut off?
yes, they cut them all off
yes
what is it that gets cut?
what do you call it?
we call it "rugir"
the elders called it "rugir"
I wonder why they called it that?
oh, rugir, what did you say?
rugir
rugir, yes
people from Bario call it "nuger"
nuger
why?
why do they call it that?
because it goes uger-uger?
joking, what do you think?
the names our elders used were funny
yes
nuger, yes