Year: 2024 | Month: November | Volume: 11 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 402-408
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20241138
Opportunities, Obstacles, and Solutions for Kolosua Craftswomen’s Weaving Skills in Morobea Village, Konawe Kepulauan Regency
Zulfiah Larisu, La Aso*, Wa Ode Sifatu, Jopang, Gunawan, Lilik Rita Lindayani, Wa Ode Ruliah, La Ode Asrudin
1Halu Oleo University, Kendari, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: La Aso
ABSTRACT
As one of villages in Konawe Kepulauan Regency, Morobea Village becomes a land where kolosua grass grows which is usually woven into mats by local community. Observations in 2010 found a female kolosua weaving craftswoman living in Tekonea Village; she had high skills at weaving various forms of craft objects. However, in 2023, she died and brought her skills with her with no craftswomen having similar level of skill. The study aimed to uncover and analyze female craftswomen who used kolosua as their raw weaving materials. The research method used ethnographical inquiry involving five ordinary informants and one key informant who were selected purposively. Data was collected by in-depth interview techniques, participant observation, and documentation and to check the validity of the information, triangulation techniques were employed; analysis was done by qualitative description. The results show that, in case of opportunities, the location where the kolosua grows is quite strategic and representative because the climate is not so dry and not so wet that the kolosua can grow well. In case of obstacles the community, especially the younger generation, are not interested and do not know the benefits of the kolosua clump. The solution is that there needs to be a policy created by village government to determine a location for planting kolosua, providing counseling, training, and ongoing assistance so that the community, especially young women, are interested and willing to develop kolosua weaving skills into products that are economically valuable in national and global markets.
Keywords: women's skills, marketing of kolosua weaving, kolosua weavers
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