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EE00001702
DARVOZASOZI
Making doors and gates from wood, iron, thin iron and other stuff. Gates and doors are used in the rooms, houses, gardens and yards. Many of contemporary wood doors and gates are carved and other iron gates are decorated with ornaments.
Tajikistan -
EE00001709
JORUBBANDI
Broom making. Brooms are made from special plant called jorub (broom). There are two kinds of jorubs: brooms for inside and outside sweeeping.
Tajikistan -
EE00001720
JELAKDUZI
Skills of sewing men’s robe from cotton and silk fabrics. It is similar to joma, but joma has cotton inside. Usually old men wear jelak during their praying.
Tajikistan -
EE00002483
Tbanh Phdao Ning Rapeak (Rattan and Liana Weaving)
Ratten or Phdao is a vine with a strong trunk, and thorns on the bark, stems, and leaves. There are many types of rattan, water rattan, Krek rattan, Chveang rattan, Arex rattan, Dambong rattan, Preah rattan…etc. Whereas Liana is also a type of vine like rattan, but the stem is smaller. Both types of plants grow in the wild and can be used for many purposes such as to make a string or Knouch, or they can also be used as a weaving material. In addition, rattan can be made into various furniture such as tables, cabinets, chairs, sofas, and so on. Liana can be used to weave tables, chairs, sofas, chairs, rugs, baskets, and other home decor items. Although some rattan and liana production time is done over a long period of time like bamboo weaving, the method of using rattan and liana as materials are not as difficult as bamboo, as there is no need to split and paste them into small pieces, just cut from the forest and you can use it as you wish. Rattan and liana accessories are still popular among Cambodians because they are lighter, more durable, and cheaper compared to wooden objects. Making traditional rattan and liana products is a lucrative job in addition to farming. But some take it as the main business as well.
Cambodia -
EE00001724
SHIKOR, shikorchigi
Hunting – a traditional craft of the mountainous people. Hunters hunt animals for their meat, fat, skin, eggs and etc. There are some traditional methods of hunting.
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EE00002464
Tbanh Sot (Silk Weaving)
Silk weaving is a traditional business and an important intangible cultural heritage of the Cambodian people. Pure silk with natural dyed is very expensive and famous abroad. Therefore, in ancient times, only royal or aristocratic families could afford it. Nowadays, the affluent can also buy silk skirts, but they are made of imported silk and dyed with chemical colors. Silk can be woven into skirts, scarves, or temple ceilings. Normally, people don’t wear it at home, they only wear it on special occasions or festivals. If worn at home, it is usually only sarong (for men only). Making a silk skirt is a time-consuming process because it has many steps to make one. First, raising silkworms and planting mulberry trees to get the leaves to feed the worms. When the silkworms are mature, the silk cocoon will be put on a spinning tool (manually) to harvest silk threads. Next, the threads would be steamed with “Kboung” water (a kind of water) to wash away pupae and whitening the silk. That process is called “Promok”. After that, the silks will be sundried before dyeing. In the old day, people used natural colors made from animals and plants to color the silks, for example, the red color was from a red insect hive; the yellow color was from Prohot tree shell; blue color or grey was from Trom leave; black color was from Mak Khler fruit, or Kjounh; brown color was from Sangke tree bark; light green was from banana leave or Bromat Monus leave, Sdov leaves, or bamboo leaves. Nowadays, silkworm farming and silk dyeing from a natural resource are rare. People prefer imported silks that are dyed in chemical colors because those are cheaper and time-saving. Among all silk fabrics, Hol has the finest texture called “Korm”. Therefore, to weave silk thread into Korm, a technique called "Jorng Keat" is used, which means that a banana string is used to tie the silk threads, leaving the area that needs to be dyed open. The string is then dyed in various colors until the desired color is obtained. But before tying and dyeing the new color, the silk is washed and dried. When it is done, the silk is taken into Kna for weaving. The final step is the weaving process into a skirt. To get 3 or 4 meters of silk, it takes 2 to 4 months to weave, including the dyeing time. This requires a lot of patience.
Cambodia -
EE00001701
SHIRESH-TAYORKUNI
Craft of making glue from plants, minerals, animal products and parts like egg, bone, skin and etc.
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EE00001626
SARTAROSHI
Barberry, skills of shaving hairs and beards. Traditionally these skills passed from a generation to other generation by the master-student method.
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EE00001646
MAYKASHI, sharobkashi
Skills and traditional technology of preparing vine with grapes.
Tajikistan -
EE00002020
Mat weaving
Has a history of more than 100 years. The ingredients are strabismus (sedge) and father (jute). They grow locally, attached to the dunes, alluvial grounds along the Hậu River, when needed, they import from other places. Production process: Wash strabismus, remove floats and sort; dye the dye, dry it, then hang it up high. Before weaving, strabismus is soaked in water to make it soft enough. Jute is sewn into tendons and then attached to the loom. After weaving, the mats will be dried to avoid mold and mildew, then bound, scraped, and trimmed. The loom is handmade, operated by two people. Products have several types: snail-scale mats, cotton mats, chess mats, ordinary white mats, antique mats. They weave mats during the day and sell them at night at the night market according to the rule: The next night the meeting is 1 hour later than the night before.
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EE00001697
JULDUZI tuqumduzi
Saddle making. Jul is soft saddle made from fabrics with cotton or wool. It is used to put on donkeys.
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EE00002465
Tbanh Roessei (Bamboo Weaving)
Bamboo weaving is a traditional business and an extra earn income besides farming for farmers. Everyday use tools are woven from bamboo (local bamboo and Pingpong bamboo) including varieties of baskets like Chang-er, La ey, Tao, Kanhjer, Kanhche, Kanh Jreng, Jeal, Kantrok, Kongtrong Brohotk...etc. There are also bamboo fishing gear such as Chhneang, Angrut, Lop, Tru, Proul and so on. Some tools’ names are found in ancient inscriptions, for example, Residents in Banteay Meanchey Province. The word "Chhneang" is found in the K.56 inscriptions, 10th century, "Kanh" (basket) is found in the K. 353 and K. 158 inscriptions, 11th century, "Kcheang" (basket) in the K. 353 inscription, 11th century, and so on. It takes a lot of effort and time to make each tool. They first have to cut bamboo trees and cut them into pieces before thinning them into strips. Strips’ sizes or shapes are made according to the materials which needed to be made. The strips are then soaked in water for 2 to 3 days protecting them from worms called (Proy) before starting to weave as a tool. Today, although some appliances are made of plastic from the factory, all those traditional tools are still popular with Cambodians.
Cambodia