Symbols and Pattern Found in Surabaya

The symbols and patterns found in Surabaya’s visual art are: Semanggi Tugu Pahlawan Suro dan Boyo Mangrove Sawunggaling pattern (Rooster motif)

Semanggi By: ye seul Surabaya Batik use Semanggi pattern Real Semanggi plants which live paddy field around Surabaya.

What Makes Semanggi Unique Semanggi is an aquatic fern which can grow well in Surabaya. The leaves floating in deep water, in shallow water or on land that has a four leaf clover and a five leaf clover. In Surabaya, semanggi is a food name as well that becomes a type of hawker foods. However, Surabaya’s people believe that Semanggi is a sign of good luck. For instance when you walk in the fields finding Semanggi, something great will happen to you, but it is a myth. Semanggi is also believed that it can make bad spirits go away, so that the bad spirits will not annoy you. Some Semanggi consist of a 5 leaf clovers and some are 4. But the sign of good luck is a four clover. By: Angelo and Bianca

What Makes Semanggi Unique By Bianca Semanggi becomes one of the symbol of Surabaya. Semanggi is one of aquatic plants that is choosen. It is also chosen to be a pattern in Surabaya and it shows luckiness when there are a four clover. Semanggi is well-known as a traditional food from Surabaya. Since more people go to Surabaya, they know semanggi more and other people from the world know semanggi too. Since it can grow in Surabaya, they see it really unique because it has 4 or 5 leaf clover. Then the other country made a new myths for it which is a sign of good luck and the sign to make the bad spirits go away. When it is famous, Indonesia will not leave it like that. So Surabaya’s people has an idea to make semanggi as batik make it more famous, said Mrs. Putu Since more people buy batik in Indonesia they see more semanggi and it is more famous. By: angelo

by: Ye Seul Tugu Pahlawan Monument and Suro & Boyo Statue

What makes Tugu Pahlawan Monument unique Tugu pahlawan is a monument that becomes the symbol of Surabaya, Indonesia. The high of Tugu Pahlawan is 41,15 m. In the symbol has a curve line as much as 10 curves. This represents that in 10 November 1945 there was a war in the city of Surabaya as Dutch tried to attack Surabaya again after the Independence of Indonesia. All over Indonesia have known Tugu Pahlawan and become an icon of Surabaya. Tugu pahlawan was made to remember the date of meetings of 10 of November 1945 in Surabaya. by : Ye Seul

What make Tugu Pahlawan monument unique Tugu Pahlawan monument becomes one of the symbol of Surabaya because it represents 10 th of November 1945 when a war happened in Surabaya and it represents also the heroism of the citizen of Surabaya that defends our city and people can’t find it anywhere else. By: Bianca, jessica

What makes Sura and Baya unique Sura and Baya is one of the legend from Surabaya and it became one of the symbol of Surabaya because this legend comes from Surabaya and people said it happen in Kalimas, which is one of the river in Surabaya and other city didn’t have this kind of legend. This causes Suro and Baya become the symbol and icon of Surabaya. When they had a fight, they blead a lot so the river turned into red and they name it Jembatan Merah. By: Ye Seul, Bianca, Jessica

Mangrove By: Ye Seul

What makes Mangrove unique Now mangrove became one of the new symbol of Surabaya because mangroves which located in east of Surabaya, have grown well since long time ago and this become natural cultural heritage. Now people make batik with mangrove pattern. It is chosen as one of the symbol for Surabaya since many people start chopping down mangroves. And by using it as a symbol, people will care more about mangroves and conserve them rather than chopping them. Other cities don’t use mangrove as one of their symbol. This makes mangroves special. In Surabaya now people make Surabaya mangrove sights. People also start conserving mangroves as they start to realize the importance mangroves for Surabaya environment and natural heritage. While other cities use monuments or architectures for their symbol, Surabaya uses nature for the new icon. By Jessica

Sawunggaling By: ye seul

What makes Sawunggaling unique Sawunggalling is a legend that told from ancestors to next generation among Surabaya’s people. It is a story between Tumenggung Jayengrono and Dewi Sangkrah from Wiyung village had a boy name Joko Bereg. He seperated from his father and when he was an adult, he met his father. His father gave a new name which was Sawunggaling. He proved to be a good leader. He did not want to be dictated by the Dutch colonialist. He liked to help poor people from suffering. He built a strong army and he could resist the Dutch military attack. Today people still remember him as a hero and a legend of Surabaya (wikinut.com/Sawung-Galing,-the-legend-of-Surabaya/2) by: Angelo

What makes Sawunggaling unique Sawung galing is the legend of Surabaya. The legend told that Sawunggaling had a roaster and he forced the chicken to fight with other chicken. Most of the time his roaster won the competition. And he was a famous as he was the one who rejected Dutch colonialist that lead Surabaya government. Up to now people still remember his powerful. The uniqueness of this legend cause Surabaya chooses Sawunggaling as an icon. No city has that legend. By: Bianca

How Surabaya’s symbols different from other’s cities symbols By: ye seul

Surabaya’s symbolSimilaritiesJogjakarta’s symbol The symbol of Surabaya is Tugu Pahlawan and the statue of Sura dan Baya Symbol meaning:distiller shield hexagon that means protecting the city Surabaya The picture Tugu Pahlawan represents the heroism of youth of Surabaya in defending the independence infighting the colonizer The picture of Sura and Baya means the braveness of Surabaya youth that are not afraid of any danger. Batik Surabaya: Motif Mangrove, Sura and Baya, Tugu Pahlawan, Semanggi, Sawunggaling Both of the symbol has the picture of a monument in their cities. They both has more than one thing to represent their city. They both use blue as their background. The Jogja symbol has more than 3 colors. The Symbol has writing on it. Most of Jogja batik has nature color. Most of the batik we see is in pattern shape. Symbol meaning: The star means Ketuhanan yang maha esa (believe in God) Tugu and wings mean peri kemanusiaan (humanity) and the inside wings focused on 9 wings that represent Hamengkubuwono (the Jogja king) the outside part symbolize leadership. The rice and cotton means kesejahteraan (wealthy ) Red and white means kebangsaan (nationality) Lotus flower means kerakyatan (serves society) Jogjakarta batik uses natural colors for their batik The comparison between Surabaya’s symbols and Jogyakarta’s symbols

How Surabaya’s symbols different from other’s cities symbols

The comparison between Surabaya’s symbols and Bali’s symbols Surabaya’s symbolsSimilaritiesBali’s symbols The Surabaya’s symbol only has 3 colors. The Symbol has no writing. The batik uses all color and also nature color Most of the batik is not like the pattern. Surabaya batik has no repeated pattern and it is complicated. Surabaya uses mangrove and semanggi as their symbols Both symbols combine the pictures from others. Some of the batik use nature. They both are made out of the same materials and equipment. They both have the picture of an architecture in the middle that looks like Tugu Pahlwawan monument The shape hexagon and the picture of: Bali Dwipa Jaya that means ‘Jayalah Pulau Bali’ The star means Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa (God) Pahlwan Margarana temple means soul of Balinese heroes Bentar temple means the holly and great of Balinese releigion Chain that means unity Fan that means Bakinese culture. Lotus that means Singgasana Batara Siwa (the crown of Siwa Gods) Rice and cotton that means wealthy. The batiks mostly use flowers and temple ornaments

Conclusion We conclude that Surabaya, Bali, and Jogyakarta use nature as their symbols either taken from animals or plants The nature that taken for symbols believed by society has meaning that represent the characteristics of local people and historical story of the city The monument symbol in each city usually represents the history of the city, either the history of war in the past or cultural heritage which pass down through generation. The symbols are used in Surabaya show the identity of the local people. Below is general differences of symbol are used in 3 cities. The difference between Surabaya symbol and Bali and also Jogja is, for Surabaya they use natural things for their symbol like plants (example: semanggi, mangroves and other plants), animals (example: Sura dan Baya). While for Bali they use architecture or monument from Bali. For Jogjakarta symbol is a little in common with Bali, Jogjakarta uses more traditional pictures for their symbols. The difference between Surabaya pattern and Bali and also Jogja is, for Surabaya they have less pattern and Surabaya pattern have simpler pattern and also uses more colorful pattern. For Jogja pattern they have more complicated pattern and uses natural colors. For Bali they use simple pattern but with many colors. Semanggi and mangroves become one of the symbol of Surabaya because they grow well in Surabaya and it symbolize Surabaya. By: Jessica Mangrove tree is one of our symbols to because Mangrove tree has been growing in our city for a long time and people can’t find Mangrove tree in any other city. By:Bianca