Rock on the Java coast: Reproduction of gedhog woven batik culture amidst global fashion development (Tuban community life ritual media)

Abstract

Amidst the terribly rapid changing world of fashion, local Indonesian people are able to maintain the authenticity of their local fashion. The ability to preserve authenticity is reflected in the unique and distinctive nuances of local Indonesian batik. By focusing on the Tuban community, specifically on their life cycle rites, this study aims to reveal the reproductive capacity of the local Indonesian community. Using a qualitative approach, this study discloses how to reproduce the gedhog woven batik cloth in Kerek Village, Tuban, through rituals that are part of their life cycle from birth, marriage, and death. This concept is carried out by ritual rites at various periods of human life, all while wearing gedhog weaved batik cloth, which is regarded a traditional textile (wastra). This survival of batik gedhog against global fashion development. By conducting in-depth interviews, documentation and observation, these specific data was obtained from the raw materials of gedhog batik cloth available. This study found that ritual activities underpin the existence of gedhog woven batik and it is passed on to the younger generation not to mention the economic benefits it provides. This research contributes to increase the economy for women weavers and batik artisans who carry out activities in their yard as a daily activity. The results of this study have the possibility to become materials for local governments to make policies related to the efforts in increasing the production of batik and gedhog woven craftsmen at the local and national levels.

Keywords

• culture
• weaving
• fashion
• tuban
• ritual and life cycle