Study of Character Types, Colours, and Media in Calligraphy at the Great Mosque of At-Taqwa Gumawang Belitang East OKU South Sumatra

Abstract

This study aims to describe the types of khat, colors and media used in calligraphy decoration at the At-Taqwa Great Mosque, Gumawang, East OKU, South Sumatra. As is known, apart from having aesthetic value, decorating mosques using Arabic calligraphy also creates problems because the majority of people do not understand the writing which uses a squiggly letter style. For this reason, this study was carried out with two problem formulations: (1) what types of sermons and verses are chosen for MAG decoration? (2) What colors and media are used in MAG calligraphy decoration? This study uses field research methods with observation and indepth interviews. The results of this study are that the types of khat used in mosque decoration are Thuluth Jaly khat and Kufi Fatimi khat. There are four types of media used, namely: mattress, glass, wood and cement. The color used for Arabic calligraphy writing is gold, color background tends to be darker, such as dark green, brown and black.