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TTikar Bergerang: The Reflection of Culture And Heritage Of The Saribas Malay, Sarawak

This paper investigates the indigenous knowledge of mat making and its social context in Malay community of Saribas. It focuses on tikar bergerang in particular. The mat which incorporates open weave, creates a lace impression pattern around the body weave frame. As stated by Awang Azman (2010), mat...

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Main Authors: Faridah, Sahari, Rahah, Hasan, Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Shahri, Abdul Rahman, Anna, Durin
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Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2012
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NX Arts in general
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23446/1/Faridah.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir.234462022-01-24T01:50:09Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23446/ TTikar Bergerang: The Reflection of Culture And Heritage Of The Saribas Malay, Sarawak Faridah, Sahari Rahah, Hasan Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Shahri, Abdul Rahman Anna, Durin NX Arts in general This paper investigates the indigenous knowledge of mat making and its social context in Malay community of Saribas. It focuses on tikar bergerang in particular. The mat which incorporates open weave, creates a lace impression pattern around the body weave frame. As stated by Awang Azman (2010), material culture’s scholar, there is an urgency to study Sarawak Malay due to a significant dissimilarity between them with the Malay of Peninsular Malaysia in many aspects of local knowledge and heritage. Thus, the aim of this research is to discover the production technology, role and values of tikar bergerang in the Saribas Malay community in Sarawak. Through in-depth interviews with tikar bergerang weavers and observation, the cultural object is analysed using material culture study developed by Fleming (1974). The result indicated that the mat is only intended for important function and perceived as a sacred material object. The mat complex patterns and complicated weaving techniques reflect the idiosyncrasy of Saribas region compared to other parts of Sarawak, the intellectual, indigenous technology and common values shared among its community. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23446/1/Faridah.pdf Faridah, Sahari and Rahah, Hasan and Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce and Shahri, Abdul Rahman and Anna, Durin (2012) TTikar Bergerang: The Reflection of Culture And Heritage Of The Saribas Malay, Sarawak. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2222-6990 http://hrmars.com/index.php/journals/journaldetail/IJARBSS
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topic NX Arts in general
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Faridah, Sahari
Rahah, Hasan
Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
Shahri, Abdul Rahman
Anna, Durin
TTikar Bergerang: The Reflection of Culture And Heritage Of The Saribas Malay, Sarawak
description This paper investigates the indigenous knowledge of mat making and its social context in Malay community of Saribas. It focuses on tikar bergerang in particular. The mat which incorporates open weave, creates a lace impression pattern around the body weave frame. As stated by Awang Azman (2010), material culture’s scholar, there is an urgency to study Sarawak Malay due to a significant dissimilarity between them with the Malay of Peninsular Malaysia in many aspects of local knowledge and heritage. Thus, the aim of this research is to discover the production technology, role and values of tikar bergerang in the Saribas Malay community in Sarawak. Through in-depth interviews with tikar bergerang weavers and observation, the cultural object is analysed using material culture study developed by Fleming (1974). The result indicated that the mat is only intended for important function and perceived as a sacred material object. The mat complex patterns and complicated weaving techniques reflect the idiosyncrasy of Saribas region compared to other parts of Sarawak, the intellectual, indigenous technology and common values shared among its community.
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author Faridah, Sahari
Rahah, Hasan
Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
Shahri, Abdul Rahman
Anna, Durin
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Rahah, Hasan
Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
Shahri, Abdul Rahman
Anna, Durin
author_sort Faridah, Sahari
title TTikar Bergerang: The Reflection of Culture And Heritage Of The Saribas Malay, Sarawak
title_short TTikar Bergerang: The Reflection of Culture And Heritage Of The Saribas Malay, Sarawak
title_full TTikar Bergerang: The Reflection of Culture And Heritage Of The Saribas Malay, Sarawak
title_fullStr TTikar Bergerang: The Reflection of Culture And Heritage Of The Saribas Malay, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed TTikar Bergerang: The Reflection of Culture And Heritage Of The Saribas Malay, Sarawak
title_sort ttikar bergerang: the reflection of culture and heritage of the saribas malay, sarawak
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS)
publishDate 2012
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23446/1/Faridah.pdf
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