PENINGKATAN KAPASITAS PENENUN CORAK INSANG MELALUI PELATIHAN MOTIVASI USAHA DAN MENGANIK

Abstract

Non Government Organisations as known as Kelompok Swadaya Masyarakat (KSM) Mekar II
and Pucuk Rebung became the only Insang style of weaving craft employers in the city of
Pontianak were located on Jalan Khatulistiwa, Batulayang District. The Insang style of weaving
is one of the features produced by KSM, besides the typical weaving of Sambas. Only a small
portion of craft employers or weavers which produces the weaving of Insang style because it is
feared that the market target is not much, however this pattern is a typical of Pontianak city;
The capital of West Kalimantan Province. Decreased motivation for weaving since it faced the
problem not knowing how to understand that is the upstream process in weaving. Training is
done by giving the material about the weaving process, especially the stage of understanding
and motivation and business development opportunities to the partners until all the material
presented and implemented. Participants said that they were ready to weave back and were
willing to support the development of their area into a village or a weaving center. One of them
is shown by the willingness of their house to be decorated or painted with Insang style. The
training that was done successfully resulted in more than 15 people weavers who have
understood how to do the “nganik†process.