currently im in the mist deep of preparing myself to do a narrative treatment entitled Sehelai Kain Sarung. For the uninitiated - Kain Sarung is a comfortable cloth is effective for our tropical weather plus it can be utilized in various ways. What intrigued me everytime when i was a kid are the design imprinted on it. Few are decorative, few are simplified, so years later - i found out the design used on it carries symbolical meanings.
For the guys, there are no designs, only simple horizontal lines is good enough - like this
The younger generations will adapt kain sarung in a more colorful manner such as this....
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| our own local version of ninja |
Its super comfy man - trust me. Ok...lets go back to the design, The ornamented ones normally reserved for the females - like these.
As you guys can see here, we can various triangle motives here right - it symbolizes the bamboo shoots. We call it Pucuk Rebung, it's edible, sweet. In one of the local parables, when we want to educate the kid, we need to do it when they are young - hence - a local proverb " kalau nak melentur buluh, biarlah dari rebungnya...", Few design shows a bigger and a smaller bamboo shoots - symbolizing the mother and child.
Cool right?
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| bamboo shoots |
Most motives, design especially from the Southeast Asia region are influenced by
nature and their harmonic relationship between man and nature.Few are derived from the design of a fruit ( namely mangosteen and bananas ). Mind you, most designs have a
strange interconnected elements between Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam elements.
The Islamic beautiful arabesque design symbolizes harmony - interconnection
let's go back to the Triangle, it also often used and symbolizes the mountains - mountains normally associated with the deities, mythical gods and spirits.( for the geeks - think of Asgard - Thor's hometown )
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| Syed Ahmad Jamal, Semangat Ledang |
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| Pyramid |
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| the magnificent Borobodur |
Anyway, lets go back to kain sarung....here is what i meant that it can be used efficiently and lovingly - portrayed by Chuah Thean Theng. Nice right?
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| Babies will sleep soundly in this - trust me |
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| test shot : sehelai kain sarung, all rights reserved, 2016, ae |
reminds me of the Fibonacci curve.
see how the Fibonacci curve relates to nature....
While the ornamentation filled kain are used to symbolizes class, status and yes.....exude sexiness too...mama mia....see here....
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| feminine, motherly, soft = what else you want? |
and now we are surrounded by this....
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| source: the wonderful google image. yahoo |
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| 2016 |
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| hello 2016 |
Go figure......send me positive energy to complete this wonderful project ok.
Disclaimer - this informal note is for my southeast asian lecture class, for reference. Its really hard to present it in an academic tone, i found it easier to tone it down - so everyone understands what im talking about. Kindly flip thru other southeast asia notes here.
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