The Reflection of Socio-Cultural Change in Batik Motifs

DOI

10.2991/amca-18.2018.42How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Batik, socio-cultural, batik characteristics

Abstract

Batik is a typical art, depicted on the cloth and attire. Batik cloth portrays various meanings and reflection of social events which inspire the making of batik. This paper discusses the reflection of sociocultural changes contained in batik motifs. The studied motifs are batik motif or coastal beach batik motif. Coastal motif is developed on the coast, especially in Pekalongan, Lasem, Indramayu, Cirebon which are currently centers of coastal batik production. Pekalongan is an area that has a long history in connection with the development of batik. Interaction with the Netherlands and Japan gave rise to unique batik. Beside of its position on the coast, Pekalongan receives many influences from Arab and China. Pekalongan batik reflects the dynamic progressive life. Lasem Batik has a more unique history of socio-cultural development. Lasem Batik is dominated by a thick Chinese influence. China in Lasem has a long history since the time of Majapahit and has immersed with the local population. China Lasem adopts batik with their own style. Meanwhile, Cirebon batik is a blend of Javanese batik, Chinese batik, and Java Cirebon. Cirebon batik is originally from Java, then inspired by the cultural values of Cirebon such as mega mendung (cloundy sky), singo barong, and of course marine biota. Cirebon is a reflection of three cultures, namely Java, Islam, and Hinduism. Cultural changes that occur in Indramayu batik are quite unique. This area is far from the source of batik so it has a more daring expression of batik. Indramayubatik is inspired by the nuances of marine life and the myths that occur in Indramayu.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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