History shows that human life perkembnagan art of reasoning is in line with the development of the view of human life. This is evidenced by the hereditary cultural heritage, including the ornamnen art or decorative art that is able to live and thrive in the community and provide benefits to human life. Art is an expression of feeling ornaments are realized in a visual form as a complementary aesthetic sense and disclosure of certain symbols.
Traditional ornaments are decorative art that the techniques and implemented in accordance with the disclosure rules, norms and patterns that have been outlined in advance and has become a common agreement that akirnya suau passed on from generation to generation. In accordance with this definition, then any work of art that has experienced a period of growth and value is recognized and followed by the community is a tradition, custom and habit patterns of rules that must be adhered to, both techniques maupunpengungkapannya.
The history of traditional ornament evolved long enough, a wide variety of cultural influences and other lngkungan even more increase the vocabulary of art, especially sei ornament or decorative art., Sehngga finally to a variety of ornaments that are etnisdan has its own hallmark. Traditional ornaments are still living in the community, have certain characteristics, among others:
a. Homogeneous (no uniform)
b. Collective (set of motifs from several areas that make up into a unified whole as a motive tertrntu area)
c. Communal (motif which is owned by a particular area)
d. Cooperative (similarity motifs telltales affluent society in particular)
e. Conservatives
f. Intuitive
g. Ecological
h. Simple
These characteristics can be seen from the use of the term organic and geometric patterns are applied to an object field., Both two-dimensional and three-dimensional. Motifs are having a function as decorative elements and as certain symbols. Ornament art form from time to time amended, in line with the level of development of the human mind on the arts and culture. In such case there was a selection process that is influenced by cultural rules and norms prevailing in society.
Ornaments of interest ultimately remain preserved for generations and form the traditional ornaments, decorative art in which technique and implemented in accordance with the disclosure rules, norms, and patterns that have been outlined in advance and be a mutual agreement, and has been passed down from generation to generation.