The culture ofIndonesia has been shaped by a long process of interaction and acculturation between original indigenous customs and a myriad of foreign influences. The cultural mixture is noticeable in Indonesian art-forms. For instances, puppet shows, known as wayang, a traditional theater shows, used to spread Hinduism and Islam among villagers in Java. Javanese and Balinese dances have stories about old Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms. And Batik is the same one too.
Batik is...
Talk about batik, it's always identical with the Javanese civil. Some of the motif of batik tell about legend. But actually Batik tell about what in the creator is. Many people especially teenagers don't know how to make batik. And of course know about the motive and the philosophy
. Batik is an artistry of cast le that made by princess in cloth. There is a role that princess can't talk
to promiciusly persone . So they tell about their feeling by made Batik. And batik usually used for members of castl e, like nobility cloth. Until Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX (the king in that time) changed that habit , every one can use Batik . And now, Batik u sually used i n a special event.
