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and needs rechecking))
-work done by woman includes:
1. memolet (bobbin winding)
2. kilos (spool winding)
3. menyatri = nyolet = mewarnai 
(local color applications
((hence cloth dyed only a single time for base color and additional colors applied locally))
4. Mengupas ikatan benang (untie raffia used for ikat work)
5. menjahit/menyambang - sew the pieces of cloth together down the middle - done by hand - in case of the imitation Sumbra cloth this must be done in the way real Sumbra cloth is sewn
-work done by men includes:
1.dying
2.menohani/ngebum (winding ways on beam)
3. memasang benang (threading up)
4. menenun (actual weaving)
5. mencari penasaran (marketing)
-types of products made:
1. imitation Sumbra cloth - a heavy weight double cloth, all cotton ((recheck))with ikat designs of horses, lions, etc.
2. imitation Bali cloth - lightweight rayon sarong in light + bright colors, also ikated
3. teluk bayur = gold stripe = glitter ((latter term used by foreign traders e.g. Joy Freeman who export to the U.S. + Eu. market)) a brightly colored gauge with strips of gold thread which resembles Indian cloth - very popular among young westerners at the moment
4.Plain white cloth (cotton, rayon?) sold to Solo, Yogya + Pekalongan for batik + embroidery work - formerly did some plain white silk on order, but not being made anymore ((Pak Subekti, head of Dinas Perind. Central Java, showed me some of this - really beautiful quality silk))
raw materials:
rayon thread all comes from a single source, Pasan Klewer in Solo
market controlled by a large Chinese importer named Kin Tai, who