Director of the College of Textile Technology (STTT) Bandung, Tina Martina intends to establish a Traditional Textile Center to preserve traditional textiles such as woven fabrics for example.  This was disclosed by Tina Martina to reporters during a visit to her office in Bandung last week. ''But it's still an aspiration, you know, it's still in the plan…,'' Tina continued. Nevertheless, Tina said, the plan to establish a Traditional Textile Center is expected to be realized soon so that the weaving industry which is spread in almost all corners of the country can be preserved.

According to Tina Martina's records, all tribes throughout the country from Sabang to Merauke must have a very traditional weaving industry. However, he continued, the survival of the weaving industry is estimated to be difficult to maintain. The reason is, almost all of the weavers have entered old age, while the next generation is almost certainly not there anymore.

"The next generation of weavers are slowly disappearing because they are being pushed aside by modern technology," he explained.

Why is the next generation of weaving fading away, said Tina, because doing weaving is not as easy as making ordinary textiles, but it takes a super thorough workforce. One by one thread must be handled so that to work on one piece of woven cloth, it can take up to three months so it is not efficient and not economical.

To anticipate this, said Tina, through the Traditional Textile Center, traditional weaving will be combined with modern technology.

Weaving is said to be maintained but will be combined with modern technology so that it takes months to produce piece by piece of woven cloth.

"Later at the Traditional Textile Center, we will marry traditional weaving technology with modern technology so that the younger generations will be interested in continuing the modernized traditional weaving industry," he said.