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posted on 2023-03-02, 18:02 authored by Tracy Peter SamatTracy Peter Samat

Interview questions: blacksmith's biography and experience; parang (machete)-making process; raw materials and their sources; time spent in completing a machete; symbolic meaning of the hilt and sheath colours and motifs; the types, the components, and the uses of machetes; price determinant factors; changes in machete-making process; cultural restriction in machete-making; the future of blacksmithing knowledge.

History

Session

I02

Rights owner

Durham University / Sarawak Museum

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Soalan temubual NAJ

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Soalan temubual mengenai biografi dan pengalaman tukang besi, proses pembuatan parang, bahan-bahan pembuatan parang dan sumbernya, masa yang diperuntukkan untuk membuat sebilah parang, makna simbolik warna dan motif hulu dan sarung parang, jenis, bahagian serta kegunaan parang, faktor yang mempengaruhi harga parang, perubahan proses pembuatan parang, pantang-larang pembuatan parang, kelangsungan pengetahuan seni pertukangan parang

Cultural group

Bidayuh

Country

Malaysia

Place

Semban, Bengoh resettlement

Date of creation

2020-01-01

Unique ID

2019SG05-I02-0003