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TORAJAMELO
TORAJAMELO
- Genderother
- Experience23 Years
- Awards- Impact Hero 2022 Finalists by Earth Company - 1st runner up UN Women 2021 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards in the SME Champion Category - SME Champion for Leadership Commitment at the 2021 Women Empowerment Principles Awards by UN WOMEN Indonesia
- Annual TurnoverLess than 5 Lac
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Skills/Crafts
Backstrap Weaving
We work with +1200 weavers across different age groups to preserve and rejuvenate the indigenous heritage of backstrap loom weaving. Till date, we have preserved 27 indigenous motifs and revived 4.
Skills/Material
Natural Dyes
TORAJAMELO is continuously improving its sustainable practices by sourcing natural materials, reducing waste, working with local suppliers, and heading towards developing a local circular economy.
Skills/Technique
Eco-Dyeing , hand woven
Tenun is an artful native Indonesian technique of making a fabric by weaving different colors of threads using traditional looms.
Showcase/project
Stories of Women who Make our Work Worthwhile
Meri Pagapong is a daugher, mother, sister and the sole breadwinner of her family. Read https://spark.adobe.com/page/dfohDZg5miR4A/ to learn how she providers for her family through her craft of weaving.
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Toraja is a beautiful mountainous area in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. We have trained around 250 weavers in Toraja. A weavers cooperative “Sa’dan Siangkaran” was established in 2015. Their products are sold in the local markets and to TORAJAMELO.
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Mamasa is the only area in Indonesia, where the weavers create beautiful tablet weaving. A cooperative with around 350 members was established in February 2018. They sell their weaving in the local markets and to TORAJAMELO.
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