A long time ago before people knew Batak textiles made out, ulos are everyday wear.When men wear top called "Hande, Hande" while the bottom is called "singkot" then the head covering is called "the ropes" or "sizzle."
Bia used women, the lower chest to the limit is called "Haen", to cover pungung called "Hoba-Hoba" and when used in the form of a scarf called a "ampe
-ampe" and used as a head covering called a "saong".
If a woman was holding a child, back cover is called "hohop-hohop" is a tool for holding so-called '"parompa".
Until now a tradition to dress this way we can still see Tapanuli inland areas.
Not all Batak ulos can be used in everyday life. For example ulos jugia, live yeast, yeast Hotang and runjat. Usually are stored and only used at certain times.
The process of making Batak ulos:
For the layman feels very unique. Ulos basic material in general is the same kind of yarn that is woven from cotton. What distinguishes a ulos is the manufacturing process. It is a measure of determining the value of a ulos.
To give basic colors of yarn ulos, a type of plant indigo (salaon) is inserted into a pot of soil that has been filled with water. The plant was soaked (digon-gon) for days until gatahnya out, then squeezed and the pulp discarded. The result was a black liquid bluish-called "itom".
Pot soil (palabuan) filled with rain water collected on a stone groove (AEK ni nanturge) mixed with lime water to taste. Then the black liquid that had been inserted bluish, then stir until dissolved. This is called "manggaru". The depth of the fluid is dyed yarn.
Before dyed, the yarn wound around the first of other threads on the portion-specific portion according to the desired color, then dyeing process starts over and over again. This process takes a very long time and even months and there is a defeat there are up to so many.
Having achieved the expected color, yarn was then plated with water sludge ashes mixed with water, then cooked until boiling until earlier thread looks shiny. This is called "mar-sigira". Usually done in the morning on the edge once or dipinggiran river / lake.
When color is expected to be mature enough, winding yarn and then opened to "diunggas" for yarn to be strong. Yarn soaked into the pot containing the rice to soak the entire thread. Done diunggas, dried yarn.
The thread was dry rolled (dihulhul) every kind of color.
After the thread is complete in the volume of each type of color required further work is "mangani". The finished yarn is then entered Diani weaving process.
Batak ulos If we look carefully, it would appear that a relatively primitive way of making a very high artistic merit.
As already stated above, Batak ulos have the same raw material. The difference is the manufacturing poses have a certain level. For example, for the virgin, who is learning to weave only be allowed to make ulos "parompa" is called "mallage" (ulos used for carrying children).
This level is measured by the number of sticks used to give the desired color motif.High level is if she has been able to use the seven fruit stick, or called "marsipitu lilies." Concerned have been considered quite able to weave all kinds of Batak ulos.
Type Ulos :
1. Jugia Ulos
2. Yeast Life ulos
3. Yeast Hotang
4. Sadum ulos
5. Runjat ulos
6. Sibolang ulos
7. Ulos-suri Suri Ganjang
8. Mangiring ulos
9. Star Maratur
10. Sitoluntuho-Bolean11. Uos tipping
12. Lobu ulos-Lobu
