TRADER CERAMICS MANUFACTURE KURON

What is Kuron?

The original Kadazandusun tribal pottery in Sabah made of clay (Lagit) and used as a traditional rice cooker, side dish and herbal medicine.

The creation of this curon originated and lived in Kg. Melangkap, Kota Belud located on the outskirts of Mount Kinabalu. The clay is obtained from the banks of the Kiliposu River. This type of clay is gray.

KURON HISTORY

In Sabah, craftsmanship such as kurons among indigenous peoples in Sabah began in their quest to meet daily needs. They produce a wide variety of materials with more focus on their functions and less attention to their jewelry. The manufacture of original pottery with a simple motive as its function is more commonly used as utilitarian material. For example, the kurons are used for cooking rice, side dishes and traditional medicines. In addition, their craftsmanship also depends on the natural resources and cultural needs.

The Kadazandusun community (Lotud and Bundu) and Bajau / Sama (Kota Belud and Semporna) are among the communities still producing native native pottery in Sabah. However, these types of pottery are rarely found and under-developed. The cheaper and more durable, potentially contemporary pottery products in Sabah have become more popular and used by the community. Furthermore, the provision of traditional pottery requires a longer time.

Abstinence In The Casting.

The production of traditional pottery is more associated with the belief of whether or not after the finished material is formed. For good results as well as avoiding ammunition or catastrophes occur during and after collecting clay materials, mushroom performances are usually pronounced and the dish is prescribed to the occupants of clay materials. If this ritual is not done it is likely to bring another illness or disaster. At the same time, if the coincidental family coincides at the time of preparation, all the manufacturing work will be stopped until the conditions allow.

Curator.

Generally, the curator is composed of women, though sometimes men will collect clay from the field.

The Curriculum Creation Process.

1. Clay is usually taken from the river bank.

2. Clay is cleaned and segregated from foreign objects or rocks by means of interruption.

3. Clay is formed into a cone (like cans).

4. The middle part of the clay is punctured by the use of wawaron (wooden rod made of hardwood). Wawaron then emphasized the wall of the hole for the purpose of raising it.

5. The outer side is tapped with lalabi (made of flat rod

Of bamboo).

6. The outer parts are hammered slowly, while the inside is lined with tuliyo (round-shaped rocks) to form the tough (base) and tinan (body) curves.

7. The process of formation of throat (neck), the ends of the fingertips and then connected / added of clay and formed by using lalabi and tuliyo. Throughout this process, clay is added gradually to cover the crack.

8. Form the kernels (mouth) of the kuron, using the lalabi and the back of the palm, The extension / extension of the light. Throughout this process, water is being thrown slightly by bit.

9. Kuron is sunbed to harden the damp soak because of the cracking process.

10. Kurons flattened with fingers and clay added, in case of holes or cracks.

11. The process of decorating / painting a kuron. A geometric carved wood will be mounted on the body of a curve to produce a decorative / pattern.

12. The process of making sompon (cover of the kuron), the cleaned clay, formed as round and then flattened.

13. Plated clay, placed on the base of the kuron (reversed kuron) and pressed slowly. This is to get the closing arch. Then formed a sompon holder.

14. Kurons and sompon are dried in the sun so dry and hard, which is a whitish color.

15. Kurons and sompon burned with coconut fronds for about 1 hour until the color of the kuron becomes reddish.

16. After the combustion process, the kettle is left cool and after that the kuron is ready for use.

Kuron Ceramics Background

Mrs. Kontiam Sitan is the son of the late Somotoi Lugu, who is a Kuron ethnic ceramic craftsman from the Sabah ethnic group of Perzandusun who died in early September 2004.

He is the only heir after the death of his mother who knows to make Keramik Ceron products in the village of Melangkap Kapa, ​​Kota Belud, where this ceramic heritage product is found and produced.

Kontigilant Mrs was born and raised in Kampung Melangkap Kapa, ​​Kota Belud, and was a full-time housewife besides assisting her husband to cultivate farm fields.

Mrs. Kontiam will only make Kuron ceramics if it gets a reservation from the villagers and some surrounding villages. Looking at the future of Kuron's future, Mrs. Kontiam has now begun to bring down Kuron's knowledge to her son Puan Samsiah Bt Soupi. He hoped that his son will continue to inherit the tradition of ancestors in the manufacture of ceramics.