Women who are professional as a businessman and as an entrepreneur, in doing the learning is done by the narrative of the older people. The child usually pays attention when their mother or grandmother makes batik, then the child follows and practice it directly. Batik Motif is complicated and requires thoroughness derived from memory to memory hereditary. The original motif of burnt batik and modern motifs have a difference. The difference lies in the colors of the batik. Original burnt batik tends to be darker in color, while modern burnt batik tends to be brightly coloured.
The Role of Women Makes Batik for Industry in Bakaran Village, Kabuptan Pati on 1977-1998
The role of women in the batik industry since the year 1977 until 1998 is as follows:
1. The female batik is the people who participated in developing the existence of burnt batik, because through their hands batik was created and there until now. Batik Batik is not an easy activity because it needs a person who has the spirit of art to produce. Through the batik skills that women have, then female batik also preserves the culture of Indonesian nation which is a legacy of ancestors. So batik motifs and their meanings can be known by the public in general.
2. Change work of the batik such as women who were originally only as batik workers then become entrepreneurs of women batik. Women batik entrepreneurs who are before becoming entrepreneurs already working as batik workers in running a batik business will be different from women batik entrepreneurs who directly become batik entrepreneurs. Batik entrepreneurs who originally had a profession as a batik in running the business will be more thorough, because these entrepreneurs already know the ins and outs of the process of batik. In addition, the businessman also knows how to become batik workers, so that the sense of the family between entrepreneurs and batik quickly created.
3. Through the batik artisans, the cultural successors know and know the pattern of damaged Parang, Truntum, Kawung, Puspo Baskoro, gringsing, Gandrung, Manggaran, Padas Gempal, Bregat Ireng, soaring and kecer, Peacock Ngigel and other batik burnt motifs that all have meaning. In addition, the process of making this type of batik motif in the making of special treatment is using natural ingredients. These natural ingredients are used for staining such as wood roots and weeds. But the materials are difficult to find so that in 1955 began to recognize chemical dyes. This happened because of the difficulty of looking for natural dyes (interview with Bukhari, 15 March 2013).
4. The female batik is currently dominated by women who are over fifty years old and some over forty years. They started working as a batik developer around 1980, this brought a positive impact to the batik industry in which they work. Through this woman’s batik, the consumer began to recognize the burnt batik, because the previous burnt batik never disappeared from market circulation.
5. Female batik is an important asset in batik industry, because the women who work as batik industry, batik entrepreneurs can still produce batik in both large and medium quantities. This makes consumers can have and enjoy the batik they want.
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