KOPIAH RESAM

sungko/kopiah resam

Sungkok or skullcap resam is one of the distinctive crafts of Bangka. This craft is made of resam. Resam which is a herbaceous plant belonging to the nation ferns. Resam grow in the woods and bushes around the village and township in the Pacific.
Plants can grow up to a height resam 1.5 meter.kopiah resam many people held a big celebration upon the religion of Islam and cap made ​​resam cindramata for Bangka people who will visit their relatives outside daerah.

Traditional and requires precision and patience , the raw material of resam skullcap roots resam easy to come by in the woods Bangka and making time-consuming because the drying process and sort out the root of the root becomes more subtle as the thread .Craft resam Pedindang usually come from the village , Umbrella and Sangir ( Central Bangka ) but very famous fez resam of Sangir , because the quality is nice.plants resamMaking resam cap begins with the separation of the fiber from the stem resam . resam fibers were then shaved as needed fiber that is smooth and coarse fibers . Then resam fiber soaked in water is less than 3 ( three ) days . after soaked , dried resam materials as needed .The next process is weaving . Weaving is generally done by a housewife mother and teenage daughter . The duration depends on the delicate weaving and ballpark desired product . Usually about 1 week to 3 months ( 12 weeks ) . The next step , skullcap resam finished woven tanning done with the sap of certain trees . For best results , tanning done repeatedly .

 resam PLANT