Muhamad Tisna Nugraha dan Kartini: History and Values... (hal. 29-52) THE HISTORY AND VALUES CONTAINED IN CORAK INSANG WEAVE IN PONTIANAK MALAY’S Muhamad Tisna Nugraha Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Pontianak Jl. Letjend Suprapto, Benua Melayu Darat, Pontianak Selatan, Kota Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat 78113 E-mail:
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[email protected] Abstract: Pontianak Malay’s society is not only limited to the Malay ethnic group who lives near the Kapuas River, but they also have a tradition that is created from the habit and Islamic learning. This paper is initiated by the study that has been conducted by the researchers in 2016 imple- menting qualitative descriptive method. The data collection tools con- sist of observation, documentation and interview. The reason for choo- sing this method is to discover and reveal the meaning or the ideology of the symbols contained in the corak insang weave. Based on the results of this study, it is concluded as the first conclusion that the process to make corak insang weave needs sufficient time about one week. Corak insang weave can be formed in the manufacture of other woven fabrics, through the patches weave method, songket and bundle weave. The second con- clusion shows that it is unfounded that a lot of physical evidence and historical documents or from sources are related to the meanings con- tained in Pontianak corak insang weave motive. Keywords: Values, Motive, and Corak insang Weave A.