{"id":502,"date":"2026-04-06T06:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumsulawesitengah.com\/?page_id=502"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:02:58","slug":"kain-mbesa-motif-kidi-kidi-mbesa-cloth-with-kidi-kidi-motif","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museumsulawesitengah.com\/en\/kain-mbesa-motif-kidi-kidi-mbesa-cloth-with-kidi-kidi-motif\/","title":{"rendered":"KAIN MBESA MOTIF KIDI-KIDI (MBESA CLOTH WITH KIDI-KIDI MOTIF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f53d0f2000e7e509d3e7c91eff2b425b\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-35bbf83db286b7fccd4b2eb8a88267af\">Kidi-kidi, adalah sejenis kain tradisional (mbesa) yang dikenal oleh masyarakat Seko dan Kulawi. Dengan tampilan yang sederhana namun penuh makna. Kain ini didominasi oleh warna dasar hitam yang dihiasi garis-garis horizontal tanpa ragam hias tambahan lainnya. Justru dari kesederhanaan inilah tersimpan nilai budaya yang kompleks dan menarik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b7bc3142294ae0f1ef5bbe4aded6065b\">Keunikan Kidi-kidi terletak pada perbedaan status sosial yang diwakilinya di setiap daerah. Di wilayah Seko dan Kalumpang, kain ini digunakan oleh kalangan masyarakat menengah ke bawah dalam berbagai upacara adat. Sementara itu, pada Suku Kulawi, kain ini justru dimiliki makna yang lebih tinggi dan digunakan secara eksklusif oleh kalangan bangsawan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-40f398032072846d4c8db945b2a36cdf\">Bagi masyarakat Kulawi, Kidi-kidi bukan sekadar kain biasa. Ia menjadi bagian penting dalam ritual kehidupan yang paling utama: upacara adat perkawinan, upacara meratakan gigi (Nokeso) dan upacara pengobatan secara traditional (balia). Penggunaannya dalam momen-momen penting ini menegaskan posisinya sebagai simbol identitas, penanda strata sosial, dan benda yang menyatu dengan siklus hidup masyarakat Kulawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d84c5b3a73a5d81d6baea0d474e50a74\"><em>Kidi-kidi is a type of traditional cloth (mbesa) known among the Seko and Kulawi communities. Simple in appearance yet rich in meaning, this cloth is characterized by a black base color adorned with horizontal stripes, without any additional decorative motifs. Its simplicity is precisely what holds a complex and fascinating cultural value.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-67ddcd4df88bfa67437ebfa869546be0\"><em>The uniqueness of Kidi-kidi lies in the different social statuses it represents in each region. In the Seko and Kalumpang areas, this cloth is worn by the lower to middle social groups during various customary ceremonies. Meanwhile, among the Kulawi people, it carries a higher symbolic meaning and is used exclusively by the noble class.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d3c0607c742b3b9ddfcd3059c7e0cbb6\"><em>For the Kulawi community, Kidi-kidi is far more than an ordinary piece of cloth. It holds an essential role in the most important life-cycle rituals: traditional wedding ceremonies, the tooth-filing ritual (Nokeso), and traditional healing ceremonies (balia). Its use in these significant moments affirms its position as a symbol of identity, a marker of social status, and an object deeply embedded in the life cycle of the Kulawi people.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f53d0f2000e7e509d3e7c91eff2b425b\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f53d0f2000e7e509d3e7c91eff2b425b\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f53d0f2000e7e509d3e7c91eff2b425b\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidi-kidi, adalah sejenis kain tradisional (mbesa) yang dikenal oleh masyarakat Seko dan Kulawi. Dengan tampilan yang sederhana namun penuh makna. Kain ini didominasi oleh warna dasar hitam yang dihiasi garis-garis horizontal tanpa ragam hias tambahan lainnya. Justru dari kesederhanaan inilah tersimpan nilai budaya yang kompleks dan menarik. Keunikan Kidi-kidi terletak pada perbedaan status sosial yang [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-502","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumsulawesitengah.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumsulawesitengah.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumsulawesitengah.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumsulawesitengah.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumsulawesitengah.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museumsulawesitengah.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/museumsulawesitengah.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumsulawesitengah.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}