The typical Simpai bracelet of the Dayak Meratus tribe can be used as a souvenir when visiting Loksado District, Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency, South Kalimantan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This hoop bracelet is made from fern fibers or commonly called alang am, whose raw material can only be found on the slopes of the mountains facing the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you visit the Dayak Meratus settlement, in Loksado District, Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency, South Kalimantan, it is incomplete if you don’t bring the hoop bracelet as a souvenir. The hoop bracelet is a typical woven meratus Dayak tribe made from fern fiber plants, or so-called alang am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To make the hoop bracelet itself is quite complicated and takes about 15 minutes, even several hours, depending on the level of difficulty. This bracelet-making service starts from 25 thousand rupiah, to hundreds of thousands rupiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The manufacturing process is adjusted to the wearer’s wrist, making it difficult to transfer. For the Meratus Dayak tribe, this hoop woven was used only as an accessory for Mandau, which has a level, the higher the hoop made, then the higher owner’s ability to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along with the times, woven hoops began to shift their function into accessories such as bracelets and rings for souvenirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The typical Simpai bracelet of the Dayak Meratus tribe can be used as a souvenir when visiting Loksado District, Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency, South Kalimantan. This hoop bracelet is made from fern fibers or commonly called alang am, whose raw material can only be found on the slopes of the mountains facing the sun. If […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[853],"tags":[1767,1768,1766,1769],"yoast_head":"\n