2023: A Year of Renewal and Growth at Tradisi After the quiet years of the pandemic, 2023 saw our customers returning to Tradisi in growing numbers. With renewed energy, we embraced this momentum, channeling it into creativity and skill-building. Our team has been expanding their talents—learning pattern-making, refining their sewing techniques, and creating beautiful, custom…
Resilience and Renewal: Tradisi Through the Pandemic From 2020 to 2022, Bali—like much of the world—faced the profound challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Families across the island grieved loved ones, and though Bali managed the virus effectively and recorded relatively fewer deaths, the economic toll was immense. With tourism reduced to less than 5%, livelihoods…
While researching weaving in Indonesia we came across this incredible exhibition which showcases the stories of women weaving throughout Southeast Asia. Stories are shared by women from Flores, Timor, Sumba, Java and many other places. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. This exhibition was published by Fowler Museum at ULCA Weavers’…
Bali and the rest of Indonesia are facing challenging times during Covid. Tourist makes up a large part of the economy and while travel has ceased, many people have no work. Indonesia does not have a stimulus package that reaches the pockets of people so joblessness means hard times. Tradisi closed our door for two…
Welcome to Our Journey of Resilience and Renewal in the Heart of Lombok On August 5th, 2018, the earth shook beneath our feet. In a single moment, lives changed forever. The earthquake not only toppled homes in Pringgasela, Lombok—it also fractured a deep sense of security and stability. What remained wasn’t just rubble, but a…
5 August 2018: The Day the Earth Shook Lombok On August 5th, 2018, the island of Lombok was struck by a powerful earthquake that forever changed the lives of the people in Pringgasela, a weaving village nestled on the southern slopes of Mount Rinjani. With the towering volcano as a constant presence in daily life,…
In 2017 we partnered with Ana and Erwin who run a weaving co-op in the village, to build a natural dye workshop, ‘Bale Warna Alam’. It is a place to reinvigorate local natural dyes, innovate new techniques, produce naturally dyed cotton for use and for sale and create employment. This is just the start of its…
Pringgasela is a traditional weaving village in the foothills of Mount Rinjani, Lombok. It has a population of around 14,000 people. The main industries that support the village of farming and weaving. Every female is taught to weave and the majority of homes have a weaving loom. Many families in the village lived below the…
Tradisi sponsored the John Fawcett foundation, Yayasan Kemanusiaan Indonesia, for the second time to visit the weaving village of Pringgasela, northeast Lombok. During the two day project 580 people had their eyes examined, 486 was supplied with glasses, 7 people were fitted with prosthetic eyes, 16 cataract operations were performed and 662 students at the local primary school…
April 2015 Tradisi sponsored the John Fawcett foundation, Yayasan Kemanusiaan Indonesia, to visit the weaving village of Pringgasela, northeast Lombok. During the two day project 525 people had their eyes examined, 332 was supplied with glasses, 14 cataract operations were performed, 604 students at the local high school had their eyes examined, 44 students were…
Simeon and I have a long history with Lombok, having first visited the weaving village in 1992. We were in our early 20s exploring Bali and Lombok and we came across a beautiful textile hanging in a small shop. We bought the piece and asked the lady where it was made. She directed us to…
Lombok This magnificent range of textiles is handwoven on backstrap looms in Pringgasela, a village in the foothills of Mount Rinjani on the island of Lombok. Pringgasela has been a traditional weaving village for generations. Their cloth has evolved over years with many changes in the style they produce. These textiles are some of the…