From 2020-2022 Bali was deeply affected by the COVID pandemic. Families mourned for the death of loved ones, as in every country around the world, but the island managed the virus so deaths were less than other regions. However tourism was reduced to less than 5% which had a disastrous economic effect on families, workers…
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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…
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When the earthquake hit Lombok 5 August 2018 and the tremors that followed not only devastated the house of many, it also shook trust in what they know. The earth rumbled beneath them which had always been so stable and their way of life and trust in the future was disturbed. It took Pringgasella many…
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5 August 2018 the island of Lombok experienced an earthquake which rocked the lives of Pringgasela weaving village as well as many sounding areas. Pringgasela lies to the south of Mount Rinjani with its towering presence a backdrop to daily life. The earthquake’s epicentre was just north of the volcano sending wall crumbling quakes through…
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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…
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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…
DetailsTradisi 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…
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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…
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