DEVELOPMENT OF ORIGINAL AND MODIFIED BUTON WEAVING IN KULISUSU COMMUNITY CULTURE NORTH BUTON

• Main Author: Maharani Vianahar, Naila
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/67467
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

North Buton Regency is the furthest territory of Buton sultanate formed in 2007. The district has the lowest number of weaving productions on Buton Island. However, the use of the original Buton Weaving on traditional occasions in the North Palace of Kulisusu Buton is still very viscous, and even new conditions have emerged in the use, production and meaning associated with Buton Weaving towards a more mass and industrial direction. This study was conducted to investigate aspects of meaning, production and utility in Buton Weaving in North Buton and understand the comparison between the original Buton Weaving and the Modified Buton Weaving (industry). The ethnographic method is carried out by interview techniques on figures who were influential in the preservation and development of Buton Weaving in North Buton and observation of traditional rituals at the North Buton Kulisususu Palace to find out the use of buton weaving in traditional rituals. The results of the analysis show the relationship of three important aspects related to Buton Weaving, namely the production process, utility and meaning. There are two contradictory conditions of Buton Weaving, namely The Original Buton Weaving which is bound by customary rules and Buton Weaving which is more freely modified (Industrial), mass-produced and created into contemporary art. Further research needs to be done to document the customary rules that are currently passed down through hereditary customs in order for North Buton to have valid sources to refer to.