Alor Indigenous Peoples Create Weaving For Ganjar-Mahfud

Alor Community (IST)

Good news comes from Alor Island, Indonesia's border island with Timor Leste. The indigenous community consisting of 38 tribes made a weaving movement for Ganjar Mahfud 2024.

"I went to the traditional village village to socialize to the community that the best hopes for indigenous people and culture are Pak Ganjar and Pak Mahfud, the belio who fight for the law of indigenous peoples," explained Najamudin Lobang, Coordinator of the Ganjar Lovers Community Mahfud for the Alor Island area.

After the start of the grand campaign for the 2024 General Election participants on January 21, the presidential and vice presidential candidates directly carried out the socialization of vision and mission activities in the community, including the island of the Indonesian border island, including Alor Island, which is famous for its Weaving.

"The cloth color is often adjusted to the color of the thread used, but for natural dyes that are often used, the red color of the Mangkudu root is mixed with Tongke skin, blue is usually from Nila leaves, yellow from yellow wood roots, green from Ketapang leaves, Krem colors from distance leaves, and pink from Kayu Hidup, I pray with this cloth so that Pak Ganjar and Pak Mahfud become President," said Mariyati Usman, Weaving from Alor Island.

GEBER GANJAR The Joint Ganjar Movement was indeed very massive at running Kopi Gama Indonesia outside Java. Interestingly, people outside the island are actually waiting for the simultaneous start of GEBER GANJAR with creative activities.

"I was surprised, it's no joke, the indigenous people of Alor Island that I met came to the house to give Ganjar Mahfud a weaving gift to the President of Indonesia in 2024," they said, please give it to Mr. Ganjar and Mr. Mahfud. I said readypp," added Najamudin Lobang.

As previously reported, the General Chairperson of Kopi Gama was met by Presidential Candidate 03 at his home. Ganjar appreciated Gus ELdex Iben who was engaged in cultural areas, especially indigenous peoples, to support Ganjar Mahfud.

"The woven cloth from the indigenous people of Alor Island is being sent to Kendal, later I will give it directly to Mas Ganjar, so that it becomes an additional force, because the process of making woven fabrics is full of persistence and determination as well as prayers from indigenous peoples, in addition to organic and environmentally friendly materials," said Gus

"Actually, weaving can be done alone, but they work more on the weaving in groups, the aim is to care for generation and togetherness," said Sriyati Lau, a weaving teenager.

"The tradition of weaving in Alor is that almost all women from Ternate Village can weaving because they are taught from an early age of 7 to 8 years," said Sumahadi Tupong, a weaving woman.