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Ketupat

Also known as puso · woven palm-leaf pouch

Ketupat: photograph by Gunawan Kartapranata
Photo: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Weave strips of young palm leaf over and under into a diamond pouch, following a fold sequence.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Southeast Asia and the Islands.

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