Weaving Silk

Besides known as a city of commerce, Silk Gloves make capital Wajo increasingly familiar ears and hearts of those who've been to this city, softness and smoothness woven silk sarong Sengkang has become known even to foreign countries.

Wajo community activities in managing the silk has been done for generations either as a sideline activity or managed on an industrial scale household even medium industries. Nearly every sub-district in this area were found silk production activity starting from the activities upstream to downstream, the maintenance of silkworm to the process of spinning into yarn which is then woven into a piece of silk cloth.

In the local language (Bugis) silk called "Sabbe", which in the process of making silk thread into a silk sarong society in general are still using equipment traditional loom that looms gedogan with a variety of motives that produced such a pattern of "Balo Tettong" (striped or upright), motive "Makkalu" (circular), the motive "mallobang" (boxed empty), the motive "Balo Renni" (small boxed). There was also produced by combining or inserting "Wennang Sau" (Warp) arise and the motive "Bali Are" by the insertion of an additional thread similar to fabric Damas.

Silk development activities in Wajo can be found in all existing sub-district but specifically in the development of natural silk and silk yarn production is concentrated in the district and regional development Sabbangparu scattered in the District Pammana, District Tempe, District Ball, District Gilireng, and District Majauleng. While there are central silk weaving industry in the district and regional development Tanasitolo scattered in the District Tempe, District Majauleng, and District Pammana. Development activities silk both macro industry that includes natural silk by planting crops Murbey, Maintenance Silkworm (Bombyx mori, sp), and cocoon production and Downstream covering spinning silk yarn, weaving silk cloth, until the development of diversification of products from silk can be met in Wajo.