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Indigo and Morinda in an East Sumba Dye Yard
Kaliuda, East Sumba
95
Rambu Kahi's colours grow behind her house. You bind, dip and see why one hinggi can take a family a year.
Low tourist intensity 4h
from Rp 700.000Discover experience
95
Locality Score™
Deeply local
ImpactPayment goes to the dyeing household directly; no cloth leaves through a middle trader during a visit.
Kaliuda, East Sumba
Meet Rambu Kahi
Ikat dyer, East Sumba
Story
Rambu Kahi keeps indigo, morinda root and kombu bark growing behind the house because the colours cannot be bought. A single hinggi can take her family a year, and she prices it as a year of work.
Community
Kaliuda dyers' households
Languages
Kambera, Indonesian
Skills
Indigo fermentation, Morinda red, Tie-resist binding
Experiences offered