History And Development of Yogyakarta Batik

Batik is famous around the world since 2009, where at that time the UNESCO announced that batik is included into the world heritage. It means the batik is admitted by the world. The batik is chosen as the world heritage because of many things and some of it is because the batik is truly origin from Java Island. The motifs of batiks are all original. Furthermore, the batik has been invented since many centuries ago. The batik is very beautiful and elegant. The elegance of batik is based on the fact that batik is previously used only by the royal families of Yogyakarta kingdoms and other kingdoms in Java. The batik is s symbol of status. There are still some batik motifs that exclusively used by the royal family, such as batik Sido Mukti, Sido Mulyo, and Parang. Those motifs are only used in special moments such as the royal wedding. The batik, especially those from Yogyakarta has special motifs and also way of making. According to historical documents, there are almost three thousand batik motifs in Indonesia. The batik in Yogyakarta is widely available around Bering Harjo market and also Malioboro Streets. You can also buy batik from various stores in Yogyakarta. If you are too far from Yogyakarta, you can buy batik through the internet. Batik can be defined as painted cloth. However, the painting process is not like when you paint a picture in a canvas. Painting in batik is a hard work to do because it needs patience and also high skills. The batik is made using wax and natural dyes that are obtained from trees and other natural things. The process of batik painting is using a tool called canting. Canting is used in batik making process, including those in Solo and Pekalongan. Most of them use canting, a small device that resembles a tiny teapot. The canting is used to take the melted wax from the place and then apply it to the white cloth that has been prepared. The batik painter makes beautiful batik motif with high patience. In a couple of hours, the batik is finished and it needs to be boiled to clean the wax. Boiling the cloth will clean the wax and as the result, the batik will show its beautiful color and motifs. The batik is usually sold as pakaian batik, kaos batik, batik bags. The batik t-shirt is very beautiful and fashionable. If you want to buy batik bag, choose batik bag that has special smell. The smell is the sigh of originality because the batik has distinctive smell. Batik is also good as baju batik. You only need to cut and then sew it back according to the pattern that you have prepared.