Researchers songket Swiss Bernhard Bart, said of his research for 10 years in a number of countries and cities songket producer in Indonesia, Minang songket is the finest and rich with representational motifs and philosophical meaning.
“If we look at the products Minangkabau culture produced about 100 years ago, such as handicrafts songket, it shows the Minangkabau has a quality to be proud of.
Minangkabau’ve reached a phase of development that is able to create a quality culture through the works of creation days, “he said.
Bernhard worked with Erika Rianti Songket Business, Dublin, since last 4 years producing the finest songket motifs are generally no longer produced another crafter songket songket centers in Gulf Sumatra.
“Songket long vanished and is now produced back in it there is the history of Minangkabau culture and society that is so appealing. Through his motives are so diverse, there is meaning and messages of traditional Minangkabau, sourced from nature takambang be a teacher. Motifs are illustrated with strong, neat, and shows the level of complexness that is hard done by weavers of today, “said Nanda.
In Padang, wedding dresses Nina Rianti Alda also reproduce songket songket-old Minangkabau collaboration with Bernhard.
Comparing the old and the new songket, according to Nina, the difference lies in the positioning in the tradition of making songket itself.
According to Nina, songket old tend to be oriented to the realization of values?? and cultural expressions Minangkabau because in it there is a symbol of the Minangkabau culture.
While the new songket, although knowing of the value and relationship with the symbol and identity of the Minangkabau culture is still there, the quality is no longer attainable like in the old Minangkabau songket.
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