VIABILITAS RAGAM HIAS SULUR-GELUNG

Abstract

Motive of ukel, lung or plant tendrils (forming like question mark) spiraling inside and
outside is named sulur gelung ornament. These ornaments are often found in Hinduism and
Budhist temples even in the mosque with particular style. Sulur gelung ornament has to be
fondness for people when we look at the craft as visual art. Many artefacs of heritage often
visualized form of lung or ukel. In javanese fashion ukel as trendil of hair fastened by ukel konde.
Ukel konde is used for make up on the face also for forming of puppet’s hair and isen-isen, even
for forming of punokawan’s hair (Semar, Gareng, Petruk, and Bagong). Form like ukel is also
found in the architecture of mosque especially on the mihrab or altar, we can also be found in
the architecture of javanese traditional house. The temples of Hinduism and Budhist in Java
have ornament of sulur gelung, for example Candi Gondosuli, Candi Gedongsongo, Candi
Kalasan, candi Prambanan, Candi Sewu, Candi Lumbung, and many of temples in East Java.
Is this ornament comes from India through the Hinduism or Hinduism-Budhist diffusion
to Java? Or possibly this is an original local archetype of java or is this the result of aculturation
of Hinduism-Budhist, Java, and Islam ? This reaserch will review the sulur gelung ornament
provenience which is commonly using as fix pattern and the spirit or viability of javanese style.
The sulur gelung ornament has evoluted since Hinduism-Budhist until Islamic diffusion as
reception religion in the culture.

Key wors : aculturation, ornament, sulur-gelung