BATIK

Batik is a product of cultural heritage Indonesian nation. Batik has high artistic value, thefusion of art, fashion, and traditional technologies. Batik is an attraction not merely ofstyle and color, but from the initial process of making batik. Such as spinning silk into cloth, draw the desired pattern, drawing by using the canting and staining with natural materials. A series of processes is what makes batik as one of Indonesia's heritage

The word comes from the Javanese batik, Mbat and tik. " Mbat " or " ngembat " have the meanings cast or throw. While the word tik can be interpreted as a point. So, is Batik or mbatik is throwing the point many times on a piece of white cloth.

Java Batik began to flourish in the days of the Majapahit empire and the spread of Islam in Java. At first, Javanese batik is made only limited by the court. The result is then used by the king and the nobles. Then, Javanese batik were taken out and the followers of the king's palace. From this Javanese batik then developed in the wider community

History of Batik is known from the seventeenth century, written and painted on palm leaves. At that time batik motif or pattern is still dominated by the shapes of animals and plants. But in the history of batik development progressed, the motifs of the paintings of animals and plants slowly turned to abstract motif that resembles a cloud, temple reliefs, puppet beber and so on. Further merging painting with art decor style clothing, batik art emerged as we know it today.

The type and style of traditional batik very much, but the pattern and its variations in accordance with the philosophy and culture of each region are very diverse. As a cultural heritage, batik has various motives. This difference occurs because each motif has its own meaning that they can from their ancestors as adherents of animism, dynamism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. Traditional batik patterns and symbols are able to maintain because it is still used in traditional ceremonies.

Traditional batik at the time of white homespun cloth. Coloring materials are being used consists of plants native to Indonesia that is made, among others of: noni tree, tall, Soga, indigo, and the material made ​​from soda ash soda, and salt is made of mud.