Oral History and Collective Memory of Batik Bakaran: Mbah Bukhari and Transformation Mina Tani Motif as a Cultural Identity of Pati Regency

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10.2991/978-2-38476-624-6_8How to use a DOI?

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Oral History; Memory Collective; Mbah Bukari; Mina Tani; Cultural Identity

Abstract

Bakaran Village, located in Pati Regency, Central Java, has a tradition of batik making that has been passed down from generation to generation. Pati Regency has a motto, “Pati Bumi Mina Tani,” which means that Pati Regency has natural resources from the sea and agriculture, but each letter of the motto also has its own meaning. In 2013, the Pati Regency Government held a batik motif creation competition to be used as a Civil Servant uniform in Pati. The competition was won by Mbah Bukari by offering the batik motif design “Mina Tani”, with Mina meaning fish and Tani meaning Agriculture. So that the regulation through the Regent of Pati Number 31 of 2016 concerning the Third Amendment to the Regulation of the Regent of Pati Number 38 of 2012 concerning Official Uniforms in the Pati Regency Government Environment. In this study, it will be explained how the Mina Tani Batik motif was created and became the identity of Pati Regency, using historical methods with an oral history approach. In this method, primary data were searched in the form of interviews with informants, then subjected to source criticism and used to create historical narratives.

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AU  - Annisaa Khansa Labibah
AU  - Anneke Defa Rachmadian
AU  - Azril Azifambayunasti
AU  - Ardeti Jeni Abdilla
AU  - Vania Krisanda Indrasiwi
AU  - Hafiz Jamalluddin Izzul Islami
AU  - Alvina Nurrohmah
AU  - Athifa Raissa Putri
AU  - Minarti Minarti
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/19
TI  - Oral History and Collective Memory of Batik Bakaran: Mbah Bukhari and Transformation Mina Tani Motif as a Cultural Identity of Pati Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on History, Social Sciences, and Education (ICHSE 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 101
EP  - 114
SN  - 2352-5398
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