What is Batik?
Nelson Mandela is often seen wearing a patterned shirt in
vibrant colors. Most people probably assume that's a tribal design with an
ancient African method dyeing cloth. In fact, the shirts Mandela proudly sport
originated halfway around the world, on the islands of the Malay Archipelago,
where the substance as batik known. The tradition of making batik cloth was
brought by Javanese workers forcibly by the Dutch East India Company
transported to the Western Cape in South Africa. The Madiba shirt (named after
Mandela's clan name) fits traditional batik with African colors and motifs and
shows its versatility and high appeal.
Batik is probably to withstand the most famous of the
methods for dyeing cloth. Resist dyeing involves applying a substance, the dye
stops on reaching certain parts of the tissue to create a pattern. This method
can wax (as in the Javanese batik), rice paste (Japanese tsutsugaki) use or tie
a portion of the tissue ("Tie-Dye 'or Indian bandhani). In most parts of
Southeast Asia, the wax is made possible with a copper spout the craftsmen to
create intricate patterns and applied different width of the line. New areas of
wax are applied and the fabric is usually cotton or silk, can be dyed again
allowing for greater complexity in design and color. After the construction and
coloring be ended, the wax is removed and the material is ready for use. These
traditional methods for creating are batik extremely time consuming and require
a high degree of skill as various labor-saving devices for process including
brushes for the wax and copper temple that introduced to apply the wax. Each
hand produced batik takes a long time and can be very costly; so much of modern
batik cloth is indeed dying Batik print, keeping the patterns and colors of
batik, but without using the wax technique.
There are batik traditions in many parts of South-East Asia,
especially in Indonesia and Malaysia. Each with different styles, colors and
cultural influence perhaps the most famous and influential, however, is the
Batik of Java and in particular that originating in the royal cities of
Yogyakarta and Solo. This batik is often in the traditional colors of black,
brown, indigo and dark yellow manufactured; used pattern is folklore, tradition
and nature and is of great cultural significance for the Javanese. Batik cloth
will be at weddings, funerals, worn to wear baby, and is an integral part of
Javanese culture traditions such as dance and puppetry. The decisive influence
Batik has on the cultural life in Indonesia was declared by UNESCO in 2009, the
Indonesian batik has been recognized as part of the intangible cultural heritage
of humanity: a vibrant, cultural tradition, which is closely connected with the
local community. UNESCO recognizes Indonesian Batik as a craft "... with
the cultural identity of the Indonesian people and the symbolic meaning of
colors and designs intertwined, expresses their creativity and
spirituality." (Source: http://www.unesco.org/culture)
In today's Indonesia, batik has become a stylish and popular
part of cultural life, vital to the creative industries, a major attraction for
tourists and a key aspect of national identity. The flight attendants for
Indonesia's national airline Garuda wear batik printing to do as part of their
uniform, as those national from Singapore and Malaysia Airlines. Young,
fashion-conscious people are increasingly turning to Batik shirts, dresses and
scarves for casual wear is Batik increasingly popular for a number of social
events such as weddings, as well as retaining its importance for cultural
ceremonies and batik making its way to the cat-walks and shops of international
Top fashion designers. It is becoming increasingly popular around the world,
and is for the furnishings, decorative purposes, tablecloths are used, and as a
medium for painting and other art works.
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