Members of the Suku Uma Tukang or Uma Tukang (Middle Brother) patrilineage[1] of the Alurung ethnic group wear the Tenapi Belang as an...

How are you? The Alor Textiles Team hopes that you are safe and well. We apologize for the absence of stories on alortextiles.org. We...

The Tenapi Matang Karing represents membership in the Suku Uma Aring or Younger/Youngest Brother patrilineage of the Alurung ethnic...

***Background information about Umapura Village is in the August 18, 2020 story We continue to explore the ritual garments of the eight...

Written by Ms. Yulianti Peni in Indonesian. Translated and revised by Linda S. McIntosh Umapura is one of five villages on Ternate, a...

The 21st century started with a plethora of publications about Indonesian textiles. A smattering of textiles from the cultures of Alor...

Several scholars have remarked on the absence of a serious study about the textiles of Alor Regency, Indonesia. Alor textiles have...

Below, we provide a list of some of the publications about Alor Regency.

I am eternally grateful to all the gracious people who have accompanied me in the pursuit of the study of Alor textiles. I struck a...