Mathematical learning by utilizing loce, manggaraian traditional mats

This study discussed the exploration of mathematical concepts in Traditional Mat, Loce , as a product of Manggarai culture. This study aimed to describe the mathematical ideas contained in the Traditional Mat, Loce , Manggarai and how the linkages between the concepts found in the traditional mats, Loce , Manggarai and the topic of learning in schools. This research was qualitative research with ethnographic methods. Data collections were carried out through observation, interviews, and documentation. The subjects in this study consisted of 4 people, namely community leaders who could carry out Rojok Loce activities and the craftsmen. The results of this study indicated that there were several mathematical concepts found in the traditional mat, Loce , and had links in the topic of Mathematics learning in the school, namely the idea of fraction distribution, measurement, burial and measurement of the area of the flat building. The concept of fraction is when a craftsman mats a strand of pandanus leaves into several parts with an unequal size, the idea of measurement is still using traditional measurements of pagat and depa which are used to measure the length and width of the mat, the concept of mating during the mat making process the same form unit square to produce a mat and the concept of measuring the area of flat building when the mat is finished.