ART CARVING INDONESIA

Carving or engraving a decorative image with concave parts (kruwikan) and the convex parts (buledan) that make up a beautiful picture. This notion grew up known as the sculpture is the art of forming images on wood, stone, or other materials.

The Indonesian people begin to recognize the stone carving from a young age (Neolithic), ie around 1500 BC. In those days fathers of the Indonesian people telahmembuat carvings on stone axes, forging clay or other materials encountered. Motives and carving craftsmanship of that era is still very simple. Generally, geometric patterned lines, dots, and arches, clay material, stone, wood, bamboo, leather, and horn of an animal upon a time known as the Bronze Age, which ranges from 500 to 300 years BC. Materials to make carvings have been developed using materials yanitu bronze, gold, silver and so forth. In making the carving is to use cast technology. Motives in the Bronze Age gunakanpada is meander motif, Tumpal, double volute, masks, and animal or human. Meander motif found on bronze from Mount nekara trim near Bima. Tumpal motif found on a bronze ewer from KERINCI West Sumatra, and on the edge of a nekara (moko of Alor, East Nusa Tenggara. Double helical motif is found in nekara bronze from West Java and on bronze vessels darikerinci, Sumatra. Motif found in the neck mask jug of Sumba . Nusa Tenggara, and the bronze ax from Lake Sentani, Irian Jaya. Motifs depict faces and eyes of people who give magical powers that could ward off evil. Motives animals and humans found in nekara from Sangean.

After Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam arrived in Indonesia, the art of carving experience very rapid growth, in the form of production design, and motive. Carvings found in many-body badancandi and inscriptions that made people at that time to commemorate the king. Forms are also found carved on weapons such as kris and spear, tombstone, mosques, palaces, musical instruments, including gamelan and wayang. Motif carvings, in addition to the shape, sometimes with the story of the gods, myths of heroism, etc.. Historical evidence remains engraved in the period can be seen in temple reliefs Upgrading in Blitar, and Mendut Prambanan in Central Java.

We now carved wood and metal had grown significantly. And has shifted from fungsinyapun things became magical smells just as a decorative wood carvings include saja.pada motive Pejajaran, Majapahit, Mataram, Pekalongan, Bali, Jepara, Madura, Cirebon, Surakarta, Yogyakarta, and a variety of motifs derived from luarJawa. Motives

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Batik As Heritage Ancestors

Batik, according to Wikipedia is derived from the Javanese amba (writing) and points (also means a point in the Indonesian language). There was also a mean menghamba at that point. Indeed the point is the dominant design in batik. At the National Museum you can see detailed description of the motives of batik cloth in the stone statues from the 8th century (eg, the statue came from Prambanan temple) and the statues from the 13th century (Singosari) and century 14 (Majapahit). However the first writing about the making of batik in Java comes from court records in Central Java in the 16th century (Aspects of Indonesian Culture).
Basic techniques of batik (dye resistance patterns) according to the info comes from Egypt around 1500 years ago. In the National Museum of China there are also jars made by trying to practice this batik technique on ceramics. But experiments on the fabric seems to be more successful in Java. From the name alone is clear from place to raise a batik itself.
With the development of the cloth trade in Java, then go fabric from India in about the year 1800 and from Europe in about the year 1815. Because using a higher quality cloth is batik Java development more rapidly and more popular.
Gittinger who Mattiebelle textile research in Indonesia in his article in Arts of Asia (September-October 1980) states that use the basic techniques of batik using wax may come from China and India, but all the tools and processes pembatikannya batik is something typical Java. Canting batik writing tool invented by the Javanese and shows high intelligence of our ancestors.
In fact, according to the Dutch Gittinger the 17th century batik and began trading on the 19 th century began producing batik textile factory which later diperdagangkannya to West Africa.
Unfortunately the results of high artistic value, according to experts, lack of government attention. Even a flatter Malaysian government on the development of awareness of batik Malaysia, the Jakarta Post daily quoted a comparison of developments dealing with batik Indonesia and Malaysia are actually using workers from Indonesia. Lack of government attention to the development of batik was highlighted in the year 2005 the fact that Malaysian batik first patented as it is written in the daily Republika. Indeed this patent matters according to the Kompas daily that many do not know, and quite difficult to fight for recognition of cultural traditions property rights. Attention Malaysia in the patent are higher, and their promotion of Malaysian batik is quite large, as seen on stamps of Malaysia.
And batik actually contains historical value is very high. Parang Rusak batik motif instance, including batik motif is the only sacred in use at the palace. Similarly, the color motif batik parang court can determine the origin of the wearer, whether from the palace of the Sultan of Solo or Yogyakarta.
Besides carrying a symbolic meaning, observe batik also show absorption cultural richness of Indonesia. At the National Museum you can see the difference between coastal batik influenced by Chinese culture, Islamic culture, as well as the influence of the Dutch occupation was at that time also produced a Dutch batik (derived from the plant owned by the Dutch in Indonesia).
So how can we help maintain the valuable cultural heritage and history? Some people have started, in terms of production than large factories and small factories, there are also designers such as Iwan Tirta, Harry Dharsono, and Obin. Now there Joop Ave which will take you to see batik as interior elements.


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Getting the beauty in life

In this life we need and need of the spirit as a trigger, the spirit is very important in all of us go through our routine or activities. The journey of life is not as easy as smoothly and we want to be there or the vagaries of the steep road in the process we accomplish something life we want teaches us to survive in any condition. The beauty of life will bring our lives to feel peaceful and comfortable, desire and expectation that we want to be able to send a great spirit within themselves and come freedom meaning struggle in getting dream.

Spinning time earlier and faster, time seemed to run but the behavior and actions can not compensate for travel time usually it only make every effort not to miss time. The beauty of life when we feel in our hearts and ourselves to say my deepest gratitude to the creator because it is the sense of respect for our gratitude in finding peace in life. Try as much as possible to achieve your dream, take the greatest risk because the biggest risk is the beginning of the ultimate wealth. while still young dream for all the hopes, dreams, and convictions for all of the dream. Be sure of what we do, do good to get the best.

Indonesia's role in Climate Change Summit

The meeting which took place in Danish hagen copen is about climate change is happening the world. This confluence is very important because survival berkaitaitan of people living on this green earth. No less than 100 leaders of state or heads of government participated in this summit, is not as easy as that envisioned in the summit is much difference of opinion occurs between developed countries with developing countries.

Indonesia is very important role in this summit because Indonesia is the largest state forest owners, forest Indonesia as the world's lungs and oxygen penyuplay for the world's largest. Indonesian forests is not only government responsibility but also international responsibilities, therefore president is committed to bringing Indonesia, brought Indonesian forests better. Prompts president to plant one tree, a park and a forest, a commitment by the president SBY dubawa in siding climate change summit in copen hagen, Danish.

Forest destruction in Indonesia must be a shared responsibility, not only governments but also international jawb responsibility. Hopefully in this summit is not the aggrieved party either for advanced countries and developing countries or take the best deal for Indonesia and continuity in the life of the world community. Success for Indonesia, which represents developing countries anspirasi and mebawa best decision.