Videos showing the steps for banana-fibre yarn making

Making banana fibre yarn for weaving banana-fibre cloth, bashofu, involves a series of steps that can be watched on the videos below. Moreover, it is said that the fibres from about 200 fibre-banana plants, itobasho, are needed to weave one kimono.

stripping off the layers (1)

28 sec

stripping off the layers (2)

1 min 16 sec

stripping off the layers (3)

1 min 29 sec

stripping off the layers (4)

1 min 50 sec

boiling the fibrous layers (1)

40 sec

boiling the fibrous layers (2)

1 min 32 sec

making bamboo tools (1)

2 min 39 sec

making bamboo tools (2)

20 sec

scraping off the boiled layers (1)

1 min 30 sec

scraping off the boiled layers (2)

1 min 15 sec

scraping off the boiled layers (3)

35 sec

winding dried fibre in balls (1)

1 min 23 sec

winding dried fibre in balls (2)

1 min 5 sec

knotting banana fibre to make yarn (1)

1 min 19 sec

knotting banana fibre to make yarn (2)

36 sec

winding up the knotted yarn (1)

1 min 3 sec

winding up the knotted yarn (2)

1 min 29 sec