The purpose of this study is to describe and document the traditional clothrnmaking process and tools in Kutaber, Woreda of South Wollo Zone. Therntools used for traditional cloth making, the processes from raw materialrncollection to weaving and embroidery techniques have been discussed.rnIn addition to the cloth making process, on work traditional chantingrn(music) and socio cultural functions and implications of traditional clothesrnwere described.rnThe data was collected mainly from kutaber town by interviewing officials,rncotton and cloth traders, spinners, weavers, embroiders and byrndocumenting cloth making processes and tools using video and photornCameras.rnThe study indicates that the majority those who wear traditional clothesrncurrently are elderly men and women. Adult and young men wear 'Buluko'rnor 'Gabi' on holidays, Worship places and weddings. Women also wearrntraditional 'kemis' and 'kuta' on religious ceremonies and weddings,rnhowever they often wear imported or locally manufactured 'Kemis' and putrnon 'kuta' or 'Shemma'. The 'Kuta' even is made of factory-manufacturedrnthreads as 'Dir' and 'Mag' and the product is called 'Ers Bersu'.rnTraditional spinning instruments are rarely found in elderly mothersrnhouses. They are not readily available anywhere. Those who spin cottonrnthread, 'Mag' or sell woven 'Gabi' for their living or some mothers whornsometimes spin cotton thread do not roll and apply bow to get clean andrnfine thufts of cotton but they simply separate cotton seeds with hands andrnspin which exerts a negative impact on the quality of cloth produced.rnSpinners and weavers learn the skills from their parents. However they arernnot transferring same skills to successors because of wider access tornmodern schools. Children go to school as a result they do not learnrnspinning or weaving skills.rnEmbroidery has a relatively higher demand; however it is not used onrntraditional clothes but on clothes made of manufactured thread namelyrn'Dir Bedir'.rnThis alarming condition necessitates documentation of skills of traditionalrncloth making and instruments which are heritages of our ancestor'srnindigenous knowledge, but which are gradually disregarded or neglectedrnby the current generation as boys and girls are not willing to take up theirrnparents' traditional skills of cloth making.