KAJIAN KES ETNOMATEMATIK: GEOMETRI PADA MOTIF SONGKET TENUN TRADISIONAL MELAYU
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2010-04
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RAMLI, MASNIRA
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In Malay culture, songket woven is one of the arts that exist in Malaysia a long time
ago. Songket belongs to the brocade family of textiles, rich, luxurious, ceremonial
fabric, hand woven in silk or cotton, and intricately patterned with gold and
sometimes silver threads which stand out in subtle relief on the background cloth. In
this research, we try to relate the songket motives with the concepts of geometry
where the connection between culture (such as the art of songket) and mathematics
(such as concepts of geometry) is a field of mathematics known as
Ethnomathematics. Through this field, the writer attempted to prove the Malay's
mathematical skills and way of thinking, especially in the past through the songket
motives. Is the statement about the application of the geometry concept by the
weaver from the early emergence of songket is true? Is it true that Malays are
feeble-minded on learning and understanding the mathematics? This research was
carried out to answer the above questions, where the way of Malay's mathematical
thinking is see related by the generation of songket motif. Combinations of the
geometry shapes produce the different symmetrical motif. All of this needs thinking
skill and cleverness in mathematical knowledge to use by the wovers in creating the
different songket motifs.
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