THE PROCESS OF MAKING PANDANUS WEAVING

In the process of making woven pandanus, there are several steps, namely:

Pandanus is cleaned then the pandanus leaves are cut into pieces according to the size of 1-3 cm then boiled for 3 (three) hours with firewood to remove the sap, after boiling, the pandanus leaves are then soaked in cold clean water for one day and one night.

After that, they are dried in the sun in a cool place (aerated) for ± 6 hours and then tempered with square-shaped wood, then soaked again for ± 4 hours, after which they are dried again in the sun until they turn a whitish color. 

After drying, if you want to color it, then it is colored and then glued again and ready to be woven, after it becomes a mat, then other creations such as bags, wallets, tissue holders, hats and others are formed with the help of materials such as sponge, pinil, glue, accessories and others.

Diderehi, which separates thorns and bones from pandan leaves;

Diirati, in this process the pandan leaves are split using the help of fishing line according to the ideal size to be used as webbing. The ideal size is 0.6 - 0.7 cm. And if you want to get an aesthetic size, then the size is 0.5 cm. Usually this aesthetic size is made to order.

Benteli or Mbunteli, which is the process of pandan leaves that have been in the form of pieces according to size and then tied to be boiled for 3 (three) hours using firewood. After the boiling process, pandan leaves are then soaked in clean water and left for 1 day 1 night.

After soaking, pandan leaves are then dried in the sun until completely dry.

Njejeti, which is the process of sewing a list of dry pandan leaves.