Tais Timor: the expression and the reality

Tais Timor: the expression and the reality



In the past, the time of our ancestors, timor leste existing traditional production, such as: tais.Ya, tais timor. Identity to the Timor-Leste. Between counties in the state have timor leste motifs and colors, with the difference that is not too prominent, but the motive is almost the same. 

How to make tais, the process through soru. Stuff to make it, such as: kabas (threads), in the era now kabas (threads) in stores or supermarkets. But from the days of our ancestors, people make a thread through the traditional kabas, climbing kabas into yarn for making tais. Soru tais are usually made by the women of Timor-Leste (the old folks in timor leste), there are usually made with their own and some are usually made with a group. And usually in groups more effective and timely manner, different from the soru tais with its own, it usually takes until there is even a weekly to monthly. 

What about soru tais on today? Nowadays the young people in Timor Leste can no longer even make tais (soru tais) probably because most of them living in the city, so they can no longer make tais (soru tais), and usually in earlier times people wear timor leste tais as the clothes to attend formal events, but now no longer visible, especially on such occasions are usually people timor leste tais always used to follow the show but now no longer wear (tais.red), they are turning to the goods- modern goods that are exported from abroad, they are not comfortable wearing tais as the traditional stuff, but prefer to wear items made overseas, such as: pants, shirts and other branded. They feel embarrassed when wearing tais at formal events, feel cheesy, but in fact they are wrong, because these goods are a traditional goods because of the inherited by our ancestors.

DILI TAIS MARKET-CENTRE OF CULTURE PROMOTION ITEMS

DILI TAIS MARKET-CENTRE OF CULTURE PROMOTION ITEMS

 

 

Dili Tais Market is one name that is known in the timor leste, because this is where the vendors selling cultural items such as: Tais, Mortel, Surik, Samurai, Belak, Estatua, Uma Adat, and others.

Cultural goods merchant in this place in the days occupation of Indonesia in Timor Leste, and at that time the merchant is not much these days, and at that time about 10 people more because of the space provided for the sale of goods is limited, and most again occupied by fruit traders, food stalls and also a place to live and mostly from Indonesia. And at that time this place is known by the name of the Tais market.

Dili tais market iha tempo pascoa

Dili tais market iha tempo pascoa 

Iha tempo pascoa ida negosiante tais sira araska oituan tamba vendedor ladun mai hola sira nia produto tradisionais sira hanesan : Tais, Belak, Mortel, Estato no sira seluk.