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Songket Bali is famous for its luxury and luminous but still modest. Songket Bali was woven using silk thread as basic materials, combined with gold, silver and copper thread on top of the underlying threads (yarns are laid parallel). Additional threads generate various patterns suitable with the motive desired. Sometimes Songket Bali also combined with the ikat techniques.

In the days of the kingdoms, songket was used only by the Kings (Ksatria) or the Reverends (Brahmin), but since the 1990s a high demand for this cloth started growing up.

In general, Songket Bali can be distinguished from the type of yarn that makes up the motives. Songket Bali is using gold thread only in its design. Songket Bali that manufactured with gold thread will be more expensive especially if designed with tight and solid motives. In addition, there is also Songket Bali that woven using silver thread. Songket Bali of cotton yarn has its advantages, the design is attractive and creative because is not heavy, rigid and easy to wear rather than Songket Bali with gold and silver thread. The latter is a mixed yarn Songket, this type of Songket used a composition of gold and cotton thread, or silver and cotton yarn.

Tenun Gringsing was indigenous to the village of Tenganan, Pegringsingan, Bali. Tenun Gringsing was also called Wastra Gringsing. Gringsing, as a means of religious rites in order to repellent the reinforcements. It can be seen from the word Gringsing, “Gring” means pain and “Sing” means “no”, so that “Gringsing” means to avoid the pain.

Tenun Gringsing, so it is called, is a rare and unique craft when viewed from the dyeing process, besides requiring considerable time with the colors, tying and weaving the threads, skill-intensive is needed. The combination between theaesthetic and the myth make Tenun Gringsing valueable.

Starting from the cotton plant tree, spun into the woof, warp the yarns with various motifs which formed using thedouble ikat (binding yarn warp and weft threads at once). Generally, only three colors are seen in weaving Gringsing,namely yellow or white, black or blue, and red. To reach one piece the process can take over 3 weeks to 3 years. Before a design is chosen, it requires longer periods of time due to get the desired colors, sometimes up to several years. The dyeing process occurs repeatedly, saturated for a few months and dipped it again and again. As a result Tenun Gringsing will form a geometric pattern that match neatly and beautifully.

Tenun Rangrang is regarded as cloth derived from Nusa Penida. Over the past few decades, the sacred and rare textile of Nusa Penida not only of nearly extinct but also the hindrance of marketing. Tenun Rangrang was usually worn during religious rituals, so that it was not made commercially. Kain Tenun Rangrang is easy to be recognized because of the bright and natural colors in geometric zigzag pattern that is inspired by the rippling of water.

Usually, there is always a white line in the cloth motive that becomes the characteristic of tenun rang rang. The white line is called Pongah Taji, a sort of sharp object or knife which is used by cock fighters in the event of a cockfight.

The technique and implementation of patterns and colors on tenun rangrang is a single ikat technique in the manufacturing process. The main characteristic of tenun rangrang is, because it has base color. In general, the background of the cloth consists of red or yellow colour, and decorated with saksak lotus flowers, grass or pine trees in middle of the cloth.

Ikat Sumba has natural base hues and motif, namely the color of trees, soil and plants or animals.

“Klotok Sapi” motives (wooden box chain usually tied around the neck of the cow) can be found, also kale which describes the typical food, chili, pearls, pottery, as well as the typical traditional house (rumah panggung) of Sumba.

A number of geometric patterns have also been known. Stripes pattern is the symbol that everyone should be honest and assertive. Triangles indicate the highest power is in the hands of God. Rectangle and a parallelogram is a symbol of togetherness with the neighbors and relatives. Octagon symbolizes that a leader should fulfill the 8 requirements: faithful, devoted, virtuous, have extensive knowledge, skillful, polite, well behave, healthy, able to meet the needs of the daily life.

The uniqueness of the archipelago woven fabric increases its popularity in fashion world; it was no longer used only for rituals but Woven fabrics can be modified and imposed for various events.

There will be no end in exploring and presenting The Beauty of the fabrics through a form of clothes which is comfortable to wear. Since Ready to wear apparel with fancy ethnic patterned depicting dynamic Indonesian man and women, therefore, Prana make an effort to apply them in various fashion.

Also Prana try to present modified version of woven fabric into clothing that can be worn by men or woman who desire to wear ethnic styles but still look trendy.

This album contains men, women and child fashions made from various archipelago woven fabrics the different kind of motifs and pretentious shades of color. And Prana also accept orders from the consumers.