ALL ABOUT BATIK

Happy National Batik Day. Here are presented the data and facts about our pride batik. Hopefully useful.

· Batik was first introduced to the world and popularized by President Suharto, who was then wearing batik at the UN Conference.

· Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan won the men's doubles badminton gold medals Asian Games 2010 with wearing Batik motif.

· The originator of the use of batik for pictures in costume some players Indonesia is Indonesian men's singles badminton legend, Haryanto Arbi.

· It took 3 years for Indonesia to gain cultural recognition of batik as Indonesia's cultural agency UNESCO after 6 countries do pengkajuan and verification.

· Batik is a fabric decorated with texture and style batik by hand. This type of batik takes approximately 2-3 months.

· Batik cap is decorated with fabric textures and patterns using the batik cap (usually made of copper). This type of batik process takes approximately 2-3 days.

· The tradition of batik was originally a hereditary tradition, so that occasionally a recognizable motif batik originated from a particular family. Some batik may indicate the status of a person. Even today, some traditional batik motifs used only by the family of Yogyakarta and Surakarta keratin.

· F.A. Sutjipto (archaeologist Indonesia) believe the tradition of batik is also owned areas such as Toraja, Flores, Halmahera and Papua.

· First time welcomes nominations batik as world cultural heritage by UNESCO on Friday, October 2, 2009, the batik wearer gets free entry into the facility and Ancol Ragunan

· High quality batik fabrics can be valued at about $ 3 million for measures 2.5 meters and a price of USD 15 million for the same size batik cloth painted on silk.

· Pay the batik batik never equals sold. Their wages usually range

between Rp 7,000 to IDR 25,000 per day depending on their batik skills.

· Solo and Pekalongan a city in Indonesia held a batik consistent, ranging from

mengadakanFestival Batik Solo, Solo Batik Carnival, Chinese Batik Festival.

· Several Hollywood actress and American public figures who participated in this important event wearing batik as Bill Gates, Jessica Alba, and Adam Clayton (U2 bassist) while performing at Somerville Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Jessica wore batik red carpet while attending the Step-Up's Fourth Annual Fashion Forward Luncheon. Motif batik motif he used was that he used Damaged Parang typical Jogjakarta.