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Interview questions: blacksmith's biography and experience; parang (machete)-making process; raw materials and their sources; symbolic meaning of the hilt and sheath colours and motifs; the components of badek (multi-purpose machete) and its uses; price determinant factors; cultural restriction in parang-making; the future of blacksmithing knowledge.

History

Session

I01

Rights owner

Durham University / Sarawak Museum

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Soalan temubual AAJ

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Soalan temubual mengenai biografi dan pengalaman tukang besi, proses pembuatan parang, bahan-bahan pembuatan parang dan sumbernya, makna simbolik warna dan motif hulu dan sarung parang, bahagian parang badek serta kegunaannya, faktor yang mempengaruhi harga parang dan pisau, pantang-larang dalam aspek pembuatan parang, kelangsungan pengetahuan seni pertukangan parang

Cultural group

Bidayuh

Country

Malaysia

Place

Nyegol

Date of creation

2020-01-01

Unique ID

2019SG05-I01-0001