Batik Sudagaran as Cultural Creation of the Laweyan's Merchants

Abstract

Laweyan is the marker of the Javanese bourgeoisie's resurrection who tried to compete kraton aristocratic culture; resistance movement against feudalism (kraton) and resistance to colonialism. About batik, the rule of using batik that determined by Paku Buwana III, the variety of batik's pattern based on society rank so that they have different pattern of batik based on their society rank in keraton. The order of batik that being mentioned is called "Maklumat Solo". The existence of Batik Laweyan's merchants with their products shake batik keraton off. Later on, the batik which is now called Sudagaran Batik, appears. Sudagran Batik was born from the expression of the artists outside the Keraton as a cultural match. This research aims to determine the social stratification of Laweyan's merchants and to review the characteristic of their cultural result which displayed on Sudagaran batik visual's. Qualitative descriptive research, collecting data with interviewing historian and community leaders of Laweyan. The observations takes place in Laweyan with observation of objects in the form of Sudagaran batik, as well as written documents and visual photograph. This analysis is using Weber's thoughts on social stratification based on; economy, status, and power that characterizes Laweyan's merchant.