Ketupat is the Art of making a container of rice that is included in a sleeve made of young coconut leaves are usually often done at the time of the holiday in Indonesia. Ketupat itself has the origin and philosophy that can not be separated from the eastern culture in Indonesia. Well, for a new friend who wants to learn how to make a ketupat from young coconut leaves may be how to make this ketupat can be used as a guide.

Step by step how to make ketupat.

• Provide some fresh young coconut leaves.

• Remove the stick on the coconut leaves.

• After the stick removed, it will be 2 pieces of coconut leaves as shown below.

• Wrap one part of the coconut leaves in the right hand (left also allowed) as much as 4 times girth.

• Then wrap 1 part of the other coconut leaves in the left hand (right if the first done with the left hand) also as much as 4 times the winding.

• Make sure the coil on the left hand and right hand is opposite direction. (eg: a large end on the right hand below, a large tip on the left-hand tag above).

• Hold the end of the coil on the right hand and left hand tightly and insert the leaf coil (see picture) and continue on the next coil like weaving mat.

• Continue woven on the next winding.

• Continue woven on the next coil (on the right and left hand).

• Forward woven so that the 4th coil (see picture).

• When the webbing is almost done, you will find that the small ends meet and the big ends are on the opposite bunny.

• Pull the small end out and replaced the small end with a large end (woven like a webbing mat)

• Continue wicker on the other end of the other cute.

• The big ends meet and the small ends are on the opposite cock.

• Wear a small tip toward the cute opposite with a big cute tip.

• Be like this. brush again to look more neat and not leak when the rice is put in.

• Finish, Be empty diamond shell.

Next step is how to include rice:

• Insert a large end into a diamond weave webbing (this facilitates the step).

• So be as it appears in the picture below.

• At the small end, open the end to make it look like a hole in the bottom picture. Then, put about 1 rice per 3 into the diamond casings.

• After inserting the rice, tie both ends as small as the picture below.

That's the tutorial to make woven diamond with young coconut leaves. Hopefully this article useful for you and please try it at home.