GEOGLOBE
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Drawn or Blocked "BATIK"
DRAWN or BLOCK “BATIK”
BATIK HAS BEEN worn by Javanese and Sundanese women since nobody knows when, fact is the combinations of batik and kebaya has become our traditional and national dress. On formal occasions, Indonesian ladies always wear batik and kebaya at home as well as abroad.
This Batik, in tha form of kain a broad length of cloth consist of unlimited kinds of pattern, each with its own name.So the name of batik cloth is known from its particular basic pattern. Hence there are batik “kawung” , which is bears the design of palm leaves, batik parang rusak, which can be recognized by its pattern of kris (ancient dagger) set in rows in diagonal columns, batik gringsing, and many others.
Official delegations from the Malaysian government congratulated Indonesia over the handmade batik that had just been listed as world heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik said on Friday.
UNESCO has officially declared that Indonesia's batik as one of the world heritage during a ceremony in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. "Delegations from Malaysia came to Abu Dhabi (to attend the UNESCO ceremony). They congratulated Indonesia's delegations after the ceremony," Jero told Antara news agency during the inauguration of People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) members.
He said that all 114 UNESCO member countries had agreed that batik was Indonesia's contribution to world heritage.Jero said that he was very happy and proud after noticing that Malaysia had congratulated Indonesia over the batik.. Jero suggested that Indonesia citizens wear batik all the time.
"After batik, our next job is angklung and gamelan (Indonesia's traditional music instruments)," he said.
Prior to batik, UNESCO has also named keris (a traditional Javanese dagger) and wayang (puppets) as Indonesia's world heritage. Indonesia had competed against other batik producing countries, like Malaysia, to be included on UNESCO's world heritage list.
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