PENGARUH KEBUDAYAAN ASING DALAM PEMBENTUKAN RAGAM HIAS PELAMINAN NAREH PARIAMAN

Abstract

The Handicraft of embroidery “palaminan” in Nareh Pariaman is an old culture product
which is used for social purposes. As the time goes, now, the “palaminan” is not only used by the king
or noblesse. Right now, it has been used in mostly wedding parties of Minangkabau tradition. It is
used as the seat of the bride groom and bride who are called king and queen for a day. Regarding this
theme, when we see the several various of palaminan, it looks like been influenced by the Chinese and
Hindi/Gujarat Custom. Such as phoenix 9(bird) and lion decorated at the “palaminan”, or for the
Gujarat custom, there are embroidery with mirrors that decorate the palaminan. The mirror
embroidered for the people of Nareh Pariaman has the meaning “suluah bendang” in the village.
The art of embroidery palaminan Nareh Pariaman has many structures which are connected
to each other. They can not be separated in each use. The structures are decorated by the many kinds
of Minangkabau decoration. Most of the decorating comes from application of the Minangkabau’s
philosophy known as “alam takambang Jadi Guru”. The philosophy has symbolic meaning that
contains some lessons about managing humans life, especially for people of Nareh Pariaman.

Keywords: beyond culture, motif, pelaminan