Social Livelihoods of Silk Weaver’s Family in Bira Bulukumba

DOI

10.2991/icamr-18.2019.141How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Weavers family, Bira, Bulukumba, culture

Abstract

This study is using a qualitative that aimed to describe the social livelihoods of weavers' families in Bira, knowing their cultural values that affect the lives of weavers' families. The subject in this study was selected purposively from weavers' families in Bira with the following criteria. (1) Bira women who are working as silk weavers and (2) Bira women whose husbands sail and return after months. In addition, additional informants were also chosen: village heads, staffs and community leaders. Data collection techniques are carried out through observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. The data collected from the observations, interviews, and documentation analyzed qualitatively with Compound Analysis techniques. The results of this study concluded as follows: (1) The Social livelihoods life of the Weaver family in Bira was very simple, both from the level of education and income level. However, they still exist to carry on weaving activities, to family income, as well as to kill boredom, waiting for the husband to return from the sea, and without realizing it, it turns out weaving as maintaining their culture which is inherited from parents, grandmothers, and predecessors decades ago. They were also very loyal to their husbands, and because of that they never sounded an affair, they never divorced even though they were left behind long ago by husbands who sailed. (2) The life of the Weaver family in Bira is strongly influenced by cultural values which are reflected in their views on the meaning and principle of life, the meaning, and principle of work and creation, the meaning of the relationship with nature and the meaning of living relationships with fellow human beings. They view life as part of their service; they do not dream much to see life as an attempt to gain a position. Work is for life, not to achieve position and life solely for charity and devoted. The nature according to them can be conquered to be used for the life of mankind. They assume that generally humans are good and that is why cooperation is needed. These cultural values contribute to strengthening the existence of weavers in Bira.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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