Batik Sasirangan Banjar

Sasirangan is commonly used as a typical cloth on events Banjar people. The word sasirangan comes from the word menyirang which means a baste, as is done in a way to spaced sew then tied with a rope and then dyed, sasirangan still made manually.

According to its history, Sasirangan is a sacred legacy of cloth XII century when Lambung Mangkurat became the governor of the kingdom of Dipa. Sasirangan, originally known as "batatamba" or the healing of the sick that are specially must be booked in advance (pamintaan) so the productions of sasirangan only made by request. Therefore, Urang Banjar(Banjaresse) often, named the sasirangan with (pamintaan) which means demand. In addition to the healing of those who were suffering from the disease, and it is also a sacred cloth, commonly used in indigenous ceremonies.

In the past time the colors/motifs of sasirangan are painted/drew according to the purpose of its creation, i.e. as a complementary therapy treatment in a certain type of illness.

Actually there are certain meaning/purpose in the colors of Sasirangan,as define below;

Yellow sasirangan is a sign that the wearer is in the process of treating jaundice (Banjar language kana wisa)

Red sasirangan is a sign that the wearer is in the process of treating the disease, headaches and sleeplessness (imsonia).

Green sasirangan means that the wearer is in the process of treating diseases (stroke).

Sasirangan of black is a sign that the wearer is in the process of treating fever and itchy skin-gatal.

Purple of sasirangan is a sign that the wearer is in the process of treating diseases of stomach pain (diarrhoea, dysentery, and cholera)

Brown sasirangan is a sign that the wearer is in the process of treating the disease pressure (stress).

In past time, the color of sasirangan is made from naturally ingredients which are made from the seeds, fruit, leaves, bark, or tuber crop that grows wild in the forests or deliberately planted around the residence of cloth makers sasirangan itself.

There are 6 main sasirangan colors that are made from natural material, namely:

Yellow, materials maker is turmeric or temulawak.

Red, the maker is Gambier, noni fruit, lombok merah, or kesumba (rosewood)

Green, the original poster is a leaf ginger.

Black ingredients or pudak author is kabuau or uar.

Purple, is the maker of fruit seed ingredient gandaria (Banjar language: Ramania)

Brown, the ingredients was rambutan fruit peels or uar.

So that color becomes older, younger, and durable (not easily fade) dye on top, then mixed with other spices such as cumin, salt, pepper, nutmeg, cloves, lemon, lime, alum, vinegar, or terusi.

There are many motifs Batik/kain sasirangan. A common motif in mind, namely some of the following motifs:

Iris Pudak

Kambang Raja

Bayam Raja

Kulit Kurikit

Ombak Sinapur Karang

Bintang Bahambur

Sari Gading

Kulit Kayu

Naga Balimbur

Jajumputan

Turun Dayang

Kambang Manggis

Daun

Jaruju

Kangkung Kaombakan

Sisik Tanggiling

Kambang Tanjung