Batik has been known since ancient ancestors, Natural materials such as cotton or silk are used for the cloth, so that it can absorb the wax that is applied in the dye resisting process. Animal and plants dominated the batik motif at that time. Along with the times batik motif also developed turn to an abstract.

The type and style of traditional batik quite so much, but the pattern and variations in accordance with the philosophy and culture of each region are very diverse. The cultural treasures of this rich Indonesia has led to the birth of batik style and types of specialties traditional with their own characteristics.

History of batik in Indonesia related to the development of the kingdom of Majapahit kingdom and beyond. In some records, the development of batik is often committed in times of Mataram kingdom, then in the kingdom of Solo and Yogyakarta.

So this batik in Indonesia has been known since the days of the Majapahit kingdom and continues to grow until the next kingdom. The start spreading this batik art belongs to the people of Indonesia and Java in particular tribe is after the end of the eighteenth century or early nineteenth century. Produced batik is all until the early twentieth century and printed batik is known only after the world war was over unity or around the year 1920. Now batik has become part of traditional Indonesian clothing.

Batik is listed by the world cultural body as Indonesian cultural heritage and October 2 is the day of batik in Indonesia.

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