Batik Java – A Prayer Behind Every Stroke

Tulistyantoro, Lintu and Yong, Sherly De (2019) Batik Java – A Prayer Behind Every Stroke. In: 10th Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences , 07-12-2019 - 07-12-2019, Penang - Malaysia.

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Abstract

Batik Java is not just a patterned cloth sheet, Batik Java always has a name, philosophy and usability. Batik Java’s name indicated by its motif identity or its isen. The meaning of Batik Java’s philosophy can be detected from its motif. Its pattern can show strata in the society. Some pattern can be only being used by specific society, for example parang pattern is only for nobleman society. For example, Batik Java patterns that emulate the life of chickens and the character of bamboo trees, prayer for the prosperity, hope of getting a lot of catch while fishing and a language of communication between men and women. As for the usability, batik Java has many functions such as long fabric which are mostly worn by women, sarong worn by men (although most people also use sarong for women), carrying cloth, shawl, udeng as a male head covering and so on. The method used in this research is ethnography study through live in and direct observation with the batik Java’s craftsmen and batik Java’s users in several canter’s in East Java. This research summarizes and documented the use of batik in Javanese society in general to gain knowledge about batik Java is not just a fashion, but more than that batik Java has a name, philosophy and usability that is specific to Javanese society. Batik Java inherent with the culture of Javanese society because batik used in everyday life starting from the preparation of birth, birth, maturity, marriage to death

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