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-Ngaramo ai? -Marta Roja. -Marta Roja. Notho a'e apha? -Kaju keri. -A'e Kaju keri. Nato ra ca ha lo'o e!
-Leka hama miu nolone wa'a koko nuju, nuju noru nae, dhama Lu'a.. wa'a.. nujune no'o apha?
-Lepha.
-No'o lepha. Leka kapha wa'a, miu pu'i nema le.. ere pa, kapha?
-Kapha ehh.. u wa eh... pudhe hika..
-Kapha, kapha aphane? Kapha watune wa'a leka miu pu'i ere pa? Miu pu'i sawe..
-Pu'i sawe, leka pethu.
-Pethu sawe.. -Pethu sawe leka oo.. mana, leku pudhe. -E.. -Budhene lau ta. -Budhe no'o?
Leka manane wa'a ngarane apha? Ngarane e mana?
-Hau.. ceku o tali no'o koli kaju.
-Toli.. tali tali no'o koli kaju. Sawe leka.. koko dhene.. nae, nae wa'a ngarane apha apha? Nae apha?
-Nae romo.
-Maksudnya nae huta.. nae.. ngarane apha apha? -Nae huta, nae romo.
-Sawe?
-Oo.. wunga mathane kapaha mithe wa'a kejo nema no'o daju.
-Hm.. sawe?
-Ceku o.. lae dheka oo mithe sawe ceku lae dhe ko'a no'o.. no'o loi.
Nau no'o langalidhi.
-Wa'a nai, wa'a nai kesene ko?
-No'o loi wa'ena. -Kejo iane nata lae apha? -Kora. -Lae kora.
Sawe.. hah ca'i naine ca'i.. ii.. (mi.. minggu) bira? Ca'i hera bira?
-Coroooo........
no'o dajune wa'ena, ko..
Kejo kau, ko mithe leka cadhi u. Kokoco pura la'e ah.. kejo suda. -Retene wa'a no'o apha, retene, ko retene?
-No'o vantos kali.
-Rerene wa'a bhake no'o.. kaju apha?
-Kau ko aku ka'a cu'u.
Rerene.. -Rerene no'o (burr)?
No'o (burr).
Leka dhama Lu'ane, dhama Lu'ane wa'a ngarane apha apha, dhama, dhama Lu'a wa'a?
-Wua wela. Widhi mathane. Cabune. -Cabune.
-Weki ere ke'e?
-Hm. Mbola so kesene. Ngala ko ka'a dhe ra mo dhe... pu mori mo te?
Ngala ko? -He aku moro ku. -He! (Hahaha) Ngala. (Haha) Tau cibo co ngala. Cibo sai a'e.
-Ngala? -Ngala.
-Ca ca. Ciboco ngala.
-Aku ra ku ko weki ere ke'ene? -E..
-What is your name? -Marta Roja. -Marta Roja. Where do you live? -Kaju keri. -In Kaju keri. Speak with a larger voice yeah!
So the Palu'e sarongs, Palu'e sarongs, what are their name, sarongs, the Palu'e sarongs?
-Big big. Say can.
-My voice if only like this? -Yes..
Marta Roja, a grandmother from Kaju keri, is interviewed by Pidhu Sophune in her home 9 Oct -16. She is asked to explain the weaving prosess, beginning with the cotton, which they picked and cleaned by hand. Roja also tells about the colouring with indigo for the main colour, black. She mentions 'loi' and 'langalidhi' too, the mordants. The latter was boiled (both) and the loi squeezed into a split bamboo ('kora'.) . In the end Pidu asks for Rojas permission to let others hear her voice. She first refuses. Then she says "Can". Pidu tells her to raise her voice, buy she replies that her voice is just like that.