Batik
Batik is a unique form of art, a combination of artistic expression and technical skill which can be only found in Indonesia. Using beeswax, paraffin and multi colour dyeing, batik is done on pieces of clothing. Among the other claims of fame, Yogyakarta is also famous as "Batik City". Based on the technique used, batik falls into three categories: hand waxed, hand stamp and the combination of the two. Hand waxing is done with a tool called "Canting" which is made of brass or copper. For the hand stamp batik, a copper stamp with various motives is used, while combination batik is the result of combining the "Canting" and the stamp technique. The quality of batik is fetermined by the intricacy of the motif, the technique used and the kind of the basic cloths. Originally, both the colour and the motive were very much influenced by the surrounding nature and belief system such as plants, especially flowers like the jasmine, animals like the mythological Garuda bird and divinely inspired creation motifs. The dominant colours stand for two basic elements, This symbolic background produces special batik design in Yogyakarta and Surakarta areas with black and blue as the dominant colours in traditional batik.
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