BATIK

Pekalongan, 08-Oktober-2016

Batik is a culture that has long developed and known by the people of Indonesia. The word batik has some sense. According Hamzuri in his book Classical Batik, batik sense is a way to provide decoration on cloth by covering certain parts using barriers. Substances commonly used barrier which is wax or malam.kain already drawn using night then given color by the night pencelupan.setelah removed by boiling the fabric. Finally produced a piece of fabric called batik in the form of a variety of motives that have special properties.Etymologically the word comes from Javanese batik, which is "tik" meaning point / matic (verb, make a point), which later evolved into the term "batik" (Indonesia Indah "batik", 1997, 14). In addition, it has an idea associated with making a point or shed a night on the cloth. According KRT.DR. HC. Kalinggo Hanggopuro (2002, 1-2) in the book bathik as Clothing Order and guidance writes that the early writers use the term batik that are not written with the word "Batik" but should "bathik". This refers to the Java letter "tha" rather than "ta" and pemakaiaan bathik as a series of points is not quite right or be wrong. Based on the etymological identical batik is actually associated with a technique (process) from the start until pelorodan depiction motif. One that is characteristic of batik is pengambaran motifs way is through a process that is mengoreskan pemalaman wax placed in a container named canting and cap.Judging from the development, batik has been known since the time of Majapahit and a spread of Islam. Batik at first only be limited by the palace. Batik worn by the king and his family and followers. By followers batik is then taken out of the palace and thrive in society today.