‘Pua Kahwin’
The Marriage of 2 Pua Kumbu
Textiles
ISEND-WEFT 2012
Edric Ong/ Bangie Embol
A ‘Miring’ ceremony 1950s
‘Gawai Kenyalang’ or Hornbill Festival
Weaving an Iban Pua Kumbu
warp-ikat textile
Marriage of Two
Textiles
Magic Potions for the Yarn
Jerbau’s ‘buah
keliku’ textile
Karama Dampa Karama & Bangie
Karama Dampa’s
‘Sunset wedding’
textile
NGAR- Warpath of Women
‘Ngar’
brings the women weavers together
Boiling the Mordants
Preparing gingers and salts
Trampling yarn in troughs of
ironwood
• Bangie Embol
the leader of the
Women’s Warpath
Leads the group in
marching around
the troughs of yarn
in mordants; armed
with swords in
hands
Bangie Embol shows her ‘pua-kumbu’ textiles
in India,Japan, Australia, Sweden, France,
Canada, USA