tapa

Japanese: tapa

…It is found in the tropical forests of Indonesia, Polynesia, and Central and Equatorial Africa. The most beautiful and well-known is the Polynesian bark cloth called tapa. It is of high quality and is dyed with geometric patterns using vegetable dyes in brown, tan, or black using techniques such as woodblock printing, stencil printing, and hand painting. …

From [Polynesian]

...Taro cultivation in particular was devised to adapt to various environmental conditions, and terraced rice fields and irrigation facilities were built. In the low coral reefs, where there was no water, ditches were dug and compost was placed in them. For clothing, bark cloth called tapa, made by beating and stretching the inner bark of a plant from the mulberry family, was used instead of woven cloth and was of excellent quality. Alcoholic beverages were unknown in Polynesia, but kava, made from a plant from the pepper family, had anesthetic properties and was drunk in a special manner at chiefs' meetings. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "tapa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…インドネシア，ポリネシア，中央および赤道アフリカの熱帯森林地帯に分布する。最も美しくよく知られているものはポリネシアの〈タパtapa〉と呼ばれる樹皮布である。品質がよく，木版や型紙，手描きなどの手法を用いて，茶や黄褐色また黒の植物性染料で幾何学的文様を染める。…

【ポリネシア人】より

…とくにタロイモの栽培はさまざまの環境条件に応じた工夫がみられ，棚田や灌漑施設がつくられ，低いサンゴ礁では水がないため，溝を掘って堆肥が入れられていた。衣服はクワ科植物の内皮をたたきのばしたタパtapaと呼ばれる樹皮布が織布の代りに用いられ，すぐれた品質をもっていた。ポリネシアではアルコール性飲料は知られず，コショウ科の植物からつくられたカバは麻酔性があり，首長の会合などのとき特別な作法で飲まれた。…

※「tapa」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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