A spinal woman sits operating a simple weaving tool made from wood assemblies. The two feet alternately trampling the wooden board as the second hand lincah moves pulling the thread and clamping the board when operating the weaving tool instead of the machine (ATBM).
Whenever he stops his work to simply decompose yarns that are twisted with his fingers that begin to crimp. In the back, a half-life man spins the spinner wheel. Serve for thread strands with traditional pintal tools. Both are Jinal Jito Hartono and his wife Suharti, a traditional weave partner of setagen fabric.
Setagent weaving fabric is a long cloth wrapped to the waist as a lock for fabric or finger not falling. Setagen fabric is a traditional clothing complement that is generally used in women when foaming kebaya. Not only that, Javanese women believe the use of a beneficial setagen to streamline the abdomen and form a similar posture to the corset in the modern era.
The motorbike rider drove in front of the board of industrial centra area of setagen in Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
The traditional producer of Mbah Marimin asks for yarns with traditional tools when finishing the manufacture of fabrics of setagens in the Sentra Industrial Setagen area, Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
In the Javanese philosophy, the set of agents whose shape extends as a long intestine that means patience. The same thing with the creation of the setagen itself that requires perseverance and patience especially in the process of making relying on traditional tools and human power as its drive.
The village of Luwang, Gatak, Sukoharjo is a village of the craftsmanship of a setagen that has been known for the first time. The production of looms in the village has entered its glory in 1966-1980. But today the scooter centra producing loom setagen is just to leave some of the setagen looms that still survive and everything has advanced age. With the wood assemblies weaving tool or known as Non-machine Weaving Tool (ATBM), the craftsmen every day produce a setagen.
Around the 1990s, the village became the colon of the loom setagen. Many weaves that hang their lives from the craft. Along with the development of one time per one of the craftsmen is forced to close his business because it continues to hunt. The cause is the more reduced market demand to increase the price of the yarn raw material but the selling price of the setagen woven fabric tends to be stagnan. At the end, weaving crafts of the setagen began to be scaled.
Tumpukan dipintal bow yarn that will be used for the production of setagen woven fabrics in the Industrial Sentra Setagen, Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java. Jinal Jito Hartono (right) and Suharti (left) completed the manufacture of a setagen woven fabric with traditional tools in the industrial Sentra Setagen area, Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
The paper prepares records the number of daily weaving production produced workers are stamped in traditional weaving tools used to produce fabric loom setagen in Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
One of the remaining craftsmen is the family of Jinal Jito Haryono. Despite all limitations, according to him only the work that he can do with his wife to sufficient daily needs. In the house there are two traditional looms. One of the most commonly used Suharti, while the only weaving tool that already seemed obsolete is usually used Jinal Jito Hartono, however, Jito diagnosed the stroke was no longer able to run that weaving tool. It can only do light work like asking yarns to help his wife make the fabric setagen. Both children can continue their second loom. They choose to work as a factory laborer because of higher yielded wages.
Minimnya regeneration of weaving in Luwang Village is a problem for the weavings because they have a lot of buyers staying in Solo and Surabaya fabrics. Most weavings decide to buy machine weaving tools because it is difficult to look for the fabric weaving power setagen.
The condition is also experienced by the Letmin Mbah weave. The five children can continue family business. For the Mbah Marimin, the setagen is now considering as a sports activity as well as how to enjoy the old. The five children are already living independently including the last child who is able to be taught to become a bachelor of the loom setagen.
The builder operates traditional weaving tools when finishing the manufacturing of a setagen weaving fabric in the Sentra Industri Setagen area, Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
The arrival trampled the wooden board to run traditional weaving tools when producing a setagen weaving fabric in the industrial Sentra Setagen, Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
If there is no innovation and regeneration, craft weaving setagen in the village can be served by the development of times. The village atmosphere was once crowded with the sound of wood fused on traditional looms will be hening. The remaining may only guide board at the end of the village road that is still standing sturdy. Sign that the village was once a setagen weaving district.
Photo & Text: Mohammad Ayudha
The wood weaving tool has been wiped and unused in one of the residents' houses, Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
The work operates a setagen weaving machine tool in Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
Perajin weaving setagen, Marimin, shows the finished setagen weaving fabric produced in Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
A woman tries to wear a weaving fabric setagen production of weaving in Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
Photo Marimin with her child when graduation is located on the wall of his home village of Luwang, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
Perajin weaving setagen, Suharti, saw family photo album disela complete the manufacture of fabric woven setagen, in Luwang Village, Gatak, Sukoharjo, Central Java.
Editor: Danika Wahyu
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