Lampung is a part of the indonesian, has diverse and unique fabrics/cloths. Batik sembagi is one of them, but modernization and commercialization making a potentially to be a legend only.
Raswan Tapis, the owner of the Raswan fabric house who focuses on himself caring to all of fabric-form in Lampung explains that sembagi Lampung owns a geometrical motive of flora and organized as one. Sembagi can be worn by men and women and also has motives; some of them are sekebar, kaca piring, sedundun, and cina. Sekebar is the most used motive for the kings, and sedundun that has sedundun flowers as its motive, kaca piring motives with its kacang piring flowers, and sembagi cina that motive is taken from lotus flower.
Raswan Tapis, the owner of the Raswan fabric house who focuses on himself caring to all of fabric-form in Lampung explains that sembagi Lampung owns a geometrical motive of flora and organized as one. Sembagi can be worn by men and women and also has motives; some of them are sekebar, kaca piring, sedundun, and cina. Sekebar is the most used motive for the kings, and sedundun that has sedundun flowers as its motive, kaca piring motives with its kacang piring flowers, and sembagi cina that motive is taken from lotus flower.
Sembagi has a level of complexity in the production then it makes to be hard for development. “This is because the small dots pattern which is unbelievable. Many do not have the capability to make this. It can also spend two to five months because of the high complexity,” he said.
Batik sembagi, he also said, has two “tumpal” (geometrical shapes of triangle) at the ends. That is the different characteristic with Javanese Batik that has only one “tumpal”.
The other thing that stops sembagi from developing, is batik which is produced for commercial interest, not as a cultural respect.
Raswan admitted he has responsibility to promote and care about batik Lampung. “If there are people admiring and wearing, then we are successful in national level. If there are foreigners who adore and wear then, we have been successful at the international level,” he said again. Raswan also admitted that he has made many batik sembagi but lost in the market. “Because on the image they thought its siger, so if offered sembagi, they rejected,” he said. Motif of sembagi, can not find in other part of country. But nowadays, this motif is taken by Javanese batik craftman even though the truth is that it’s a motif from Lampung. He hopes goverment play an important role such as introducing sembagi through books and seminar, also worn by the officers considering the artistic value, and there is a story behind it, and it cannot be regarded as cheap.
Sembagi, is one of Lampungnese batik which has a classical artistic value that is worthy to wear and adopt to the surface reminding the philosophy and aesthetic of it. If not, for sure there is only one word: gone. Then, on the next generation, knowing it as only a legend.
Batik sembagi, he also said, has two “tumpal” (geometrical shapes of triangle) at the ends. That is the different characteristic with Javanese Batik that has only one “tumpal”.
The other thing that stops sembagi from developing, is batik which is produced for commercial interest, not as a cultural respect.
Raswan admitted he has responsibility to promote and care about batik Lampung. “If there are people admiring and wearing, then we are successful in national level. If there are foreigners who adore and wear then, we have been successful at the international level,” he said again. Raswan also admitted that he has made many batik sembagi but lost in the market. “Because on the image they thought its siger, so if offered sembagi, they rejected,” he said. Motif of sembagi, can not find in other part of country. But nowadays, this motif is taken by Javanese batik craftman even though the truth is that it’s a motif from Lampung. He hopes goverment play an important role such as introducing sembagi through books and seminar, also worn by the officers considering the artistic value, and there is a story behind it, and it cannot be regarded as cheap.
Sembagi, is one of Lampungnese batik which has a classical artistic value that is worthy to wear and adopt to the surface reminding the philosophy and aesthetic of it. If not, for sure there is only one word: gone. Then, on the next generation, knowing it as only a legend.
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