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For Women Wamena Baliem Valley, Mandatory Legal discordant Nokens Kalao a baby is born. They even sudaa knit nokeng since the baby in the womb of the mother masi. This tradition has a meaning that an innocent baby is born without clothes should be wrapped with the camshaft as a bed and to be picked up during activity. A Mother is considered not know if customary to visit the baby without a Nokens equipped. Nokens a legacy tribes are Melanesians in Papua. Every tribe in Papua gave his own name for this multifunctional bag into the respective local languages. Baliem Valley Community Jayawijaya District mention Nokens in language
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Like the woman in the world who love the bag, not to mention the woman in Wamena. The Woman in Wamena feel incomplete if you do not use camshaft or su, when they implement custom events and custom party party and also weddings women, even wherever they go should hang nokeng the head, because if they do not use camshaft feel incomplete . This is what makes a woman in Wamena is synonymous with Nokens or Su,
Nokens or traditional bag has many benefits for society Jayawijaya and central mountains of Papua, among others, bring the gardens, wood fire, or livestock are being harvested for sale in the market or otherwise. Students are also many who use Nokens, small, to bring books and stationery. Even in this era in Mountainous Papua, Nokens replace the role of the voice box on the General election.
Of all the Su manfat most important for society Wamena Baliem Valley is Su who also has a cultural value is still very high and embedded in Wamena. In certain traditional party Suh plays an important role as a bartering tool for donating pigs given family in the traditional feast.
Other cultural values of Su or Nokens which until now applies to public infor- Wamena Baliem Valley is when a new baby is born. For the indigenous people of Wamena is obligatory if a baby is born the family of the father and mother of the baby should be welcomed baby with Suh or Nokens. They even started knitting Su suda since the baby is still in the womb of the mother. Wamena community will be deemed not know shy and do not know Jike customary to visit the baby without equipping gifts a camshaft. It's a tradition instilled suda common meaning of a newborn baby with plain and naked must wrapped in Nokens, as a bed, and to be picked up by the mother during activity. When the people heard when the family who is pregnant has given birth, they will wait while carrying Suh or Nokens preset.
Su ancestry who contributed this number could reach 50 to 100 Nokens even more depending on the number of families the father and mother of the newborn baby.
Then what will be done after-camshaft camshaft is collected? would be used to fill the baby. But before that portion of the Su family will be submitted to the father of the baby that by society Wamena call su excavation. Excavation (release of hangers) means removing the camshaft from the hanger and handed over to the family of the aya of the baby, as a form releasing the load. Excavation should be handed over to the family of the father of a newborn baby does not continue clan or fam kelurga Women laiki family but men that excavation should be left to the men. After the camshaft or in part from the enemy divided as excavation to the rest of the family who have contributed su family used as a place to charge or hold the baby.
The tradition of filling a baby into the camshaft or the enemy does not necessarily fill the baby into the camshaft but here there is also a separate rule.
Su collected will then be divided into three sections for baby mengiisi, each "Aleka, A Su" (where the contents of the baby), "Salek" Covers to two and "Asu Lakulik" or outer cover. The third layer will be inserted each 4 sheets Su.
4 camshaft In the first layer, or the so-called Aleka Su / Asu will disatuhkan and tied as a place to fill up the baby. before filling the baby in this section, prior to the government will contain some banana leaves and other leaves as a pedestal. However dierah today, this layer will be included fabric and cushions replace the banana leaf.
While 4 other Nokens dilapisan to 2 called Salek as well as Aleka Su, this section will also tied together, but Salek could not fill the baby, because 4 sheets camshaft was not put together like 4 Su First melankan arranged.
Furthermore, outermost layer is Suh Lakulik. This section which normally should select the color Su or camshaft interesting, the outermost parts can not be installed any camshaft. Usually it will be selected by the Ibuh suda experienced enough to determine the color and quality of the camshaft,
Once selected four Nokens, as well as the first layer and the 2nd, this layer will also tied together. But how to tie unlike the previous layers. The way each grip of the 4 camshaft will be wrapped into one part of the base until kelihat not take it so that a layman would be difficult membedahkan the base and the tip or the handle of the Nokens.
In use of this layer can be changed at any time -penampilan outside. In this case of 4 camshaft on the 3rd layer is the mother of the baby at any time can be mutually camshaft with different colors at any time if you want to replace it.
After all these stages passed, then the newborn will be on hand into Su Nokens as a bed but also as a place to pick her up when the ibuhnya move. How to carry not at arm as the use of modern bag but in the head. Camshaft position of head hanging to the rear and precision in the position of the baby's mother's back.
Although today people no longer knit Nokens from natural materials (leather several types of wood) but nokeng knitted from yarn modern but this tradition is still valid for the community Bribumi Baliem Valley - Wamena. The family will mara if a mother holding her child not to Nokens / Su. Up Motor was mama in Wamena still hanging Su containing the baby in the head hanging to the back