RhGareh Pua Project

RhGareh Pua Project Iban women weavers at Rumah Gare, Nanga Kain, Sarawak producing natural dyed ikat known as pua, woven on back strap loom, all done manually.

“Culture is an important factor that can accelerate development and to ensure its sustainability” (UNESCO, 2013). Iban women weavers are encouraged to innovate, create and manage their own knowledge and to adapt other knowledge systems for sustainable production of pua. By managing their own tacit knowledge, not only they would benefit in the aspect of economy but also to preserve their meaning sy

stem. This meaning system gives their traditional pua value, unique in stories and folklores, and preserved in a modern environment. These weavers are empowered to continue their heritage and disseminate their knowledge to the younger generations by continue to weave and to market their pua so that pua to be known to outside of Iban world not just as sacred ritual clothes or expensive wall decorations or special collection item but also as a wearable and affordable shawls, skirts and jackets, just to name a few. Empowerment entails a process of change, and change is the vocabulary that these weavers need because it is an alternative for them to uplift their livelihood.

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No. 11, Jln. 16/4, Section 16
Bukit Pasir
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