Volume 6, Issue 5 (May 2019), Pages: 25-31

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: New ideas on geometrical design in Malay mengkuang weaving motifs

 Author(s): Wan Norliza Wan Bakar ^1, *, Rahaidah Muhammad ¹, Syahirah Afiqah Mohd Taufik ², Rozita Shamsuddin ¹, Raja Norazila Raja Mohd Yusof ¹

 Affiliation(s):

 ¹Universiti Teknologi MARA, 18500 Machang, Kelantan, Malaysia
 ²Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6704-1219

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2019.05.005

 Abstract:

The art of Malay mengkuang weaving motifs started from 100 years ago in the states of Malaysia particularly in. Thus, due to its past history, there are now 51 types of motifs gathered and more new ideas emerged. A study has been done on 16 motifs produced by the weavers in Bukit Tanah and Kota Bharu, Kelantan and analysis have been made upon the changes of ideas on the above-mentioned motifs. The data collection was through observation and analysis of the mengkuang weaving and also by interviewing the mengkuang weavers. The input obtained was then analyzed to understand the new ideas in Kelantan Geometrical design in mengkuang weaving. Four main areas of kelarai mengkuang were selected in order to analyze the geometrical designs in its essential value, but also for its substantial contribution, for the socio-economic development in the industry. Due to the above-mentioned condition, the main objective of this research is to identify the new ideas on Geometrical Design in Malay mengkuang weaving motifs. The analysis showed that the weavers have applied mathematical thinking in the design of mengkuang weaving. Hence, this research will contribute more information to the body of knowledge in mengkuang weaving and its relation to mathematical tools thus should be preserved for the benefits of the Malaysian heritage. 

 © 2019 The Authors. Published by IASE.

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

 Keywords: Mengkuang weaving, Geometrical design, Mathematical thinking

 Article History: Received 5 February 2018, Received in revised form 5 March 2019, Accepted 8 March 2019

 Acknowledgement:

We are thankful to those who have given support and contributed ideas into making this research a dream comes true such as Ym. Dr. Tuan Haji Rosli Tuan Hassan (Rector of UiTM Kelantan), Dr. Wan Fairos Wan Yaacob (Ass. Rector of UiTM Kelantan), Puan Nik Asiah Nik Chik (Mengkuang Weavers), the Late Cikgu Haji Ismail Salleh (Mengkuang Weavers). 

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Bakar WNW, Muhammad R, and Taufik SAM et al. (2019). New ideas on geometrical design in Malay mengkuang weaving motifs. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(5): 25-31

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