Culture batik

Batik is a craft that has high artistic value and has become part of Indonesian culture (especially Java) since long. Javanese women past their skill in batik to make a livelihood, so that in the past batik work is the exclusive work of women to the discovery of "Batik Cap" that allows the entry of men into the field. There are some exceptions to this phenomenon, namely the coastal batik which has a line of masculine as can be seen in the style of "Mega Overcast", which in some coastal areas batik work is common for men.

Batik tradition was originally a hereditary tradition, so occasionally a recognizable motif batik originated from a particular family. Some batik may indicate the status of a person. Even today, some Traditional batik only used by the family palace of Yogyakarta and Surakarta.

Batik is an ancestral heritage of Indonesia (Java) that until now still there. Batik is also first introduced to the world by President Suharto, who at that time wore batik at the UN Conference.