THE PHILOSOPHICAL VALUES OF JAVANESE CULTURE IN THE DECORATIVE ART OF WUWUNGAN IN KUDUS TRADITIONAL HOUSE

Abstract

The Javanese house has various types and shapes with
different decorative arts that imply different purpose and goal.
Such decorative ornaments derive from the local
environment. Such is also the case of the decorative arts
applied in particular parts of Javanese house. Different
ornaments in Javanese houses have different shapes and
values. In Javanese life, the royal palace is the cosmic center.
A house is a naturally created environment commonly called
a cosmos. Therefore, a house is a manifestation of the cosmos
for the dwellers. Cosmos also refers to a space. Therefore, it is
closely associated with the persons who live in it.
Cosmologically, the development of Javanese house
consistently holds the Javanese cultural values characterized
by a mystical life (Mulder, D.C., 1970:30). Such this mystical
life influences the mindset and acts of the community. Even,
the cosmological life has been shifted to the house
interpretation in which the whole Javanese residential
system reflects the natural environment, which depends very
much on some natural signs.