Sejarah Perkembangan Pingitan

The History of "Pingitan" Through RA. Kartini's Point of View

Name    : Amaliyatul Hidayah Rofiq

NIM.      : 21.03.52.0003

Lecture  : Mrs. Agnes Widyaningrum, S.E., S.Pd., M.Pd. 

Subject.: Indonesian Culture

Theme. : Seclusion (Pingitan)

Pingitan is a tradition that exists in the Javanese tribe. Here I will speak about the development of the seclusion culture, which began to be acculturated with advanced Dutch thinking, which gave women the freedom to achieve their dreams and were not constrained by the seclusion tradition. Besides being acculturated to Dutch culture, which allows a woman to study and have a career like Queen Wilhelmina. The Pingitan tradition also developed because of the acculturation of reformative thinking by the educated Indonesian people themselves, who were aware of the importance of learning to achieve independence and freedom from the state.

1879, Seclusion was first recognized by the wider community after the story of Kartini, the hero of emancipation and gender equality (feminism), who experienced seclusion. Even though seclusion has actually been done since a century before Kartini was born,

1885, Then, when Kartini became a student at ELS, she began to open her mind to ideals and to achieve freedom by standing alone as a woman who did not depend on a man and had to devote herself all her life only to macak, masak, and manak without any hope of becoming educated. 

1891 In general, a woman in the Javanese tribe is secluded since she is menstruating or going through puberty. and will end the seclusion only when a nobleman comes to propose. And only when the wedding date has been determined,  she can come out. Before that, Javanese women had to remain in the seclusion room.

1895 Rejection of seclusion has often occurred. The most memorable scene, however, is when  Kartini appears.When in seclusion, Kartini was unable to do anything. She was still given permission to build a Kartini school on the back porch of her house. She learned a lot about language and modern thought from his older brother, who regularly sent Dutch magazines and books, such as De Locomotive and Echo. She teaches girls to write and read at Kartini's school, hoping that her father, as Regent, will melt away and abolish the Pingitan tradition so that women too can be educated and have careers.

1903. Kartini ended her seclusion at the age of 24, for a total of 12 years in seclusion. After a long wait, which he considered a time of darkness and ripening for married life, she finally got married. Her husband supports her desire to create indigenous women who are independent and do not lose valuable time studying due to seclusion. He allowed her to teach and build a school behind the Rembang district pavilion. After being blessed with a son, she died in 1904. 

After 10 years of his death, other nationalist leaders and figures began to become aware of feminism and the impact of seclusion on the independence and progress of the nation. Because only educated men, it is not completely abolished, but the time required for seclusion, which is only two months before the wedding, must be reduced.

In the 21st century, seclusion is almost rare. Some don't even do it. Seclusion is currently carried out at least 2 days before the wedding because many career women and educated women have started. whose time he dedicated to the welfare of the nation and her ambition to work. 

That's all thank you very much. (AHR/11.21)