Parang kusumo batik pattern is used in the ring exchange ceremony. Kusumo means the flowers have bloomed. Girls who wear this batik is expected to look good and beautiful.
Batik is a part of Indonesian culture that is passed down through generations. Javanese women in the past made their skills in batik for a living, so that in the past, batik work is exclusively women's work to finding "Batik Cap" which allows the entry of men into the field. Tradition of batik was originally a tradition for generations, so that sometimes a batik motif originated from a particular family. Some batik motif could indicate a person's status. Some tadisional batik motif only used by the family palace of Yogyakarta and Surakarta. Other regions of Indonesia have their own unique patterns that normally take themes from everyday lives, incorporating patterns such as flowers, nature, animals, folklore or people. Batik is the art of visual culture that has the beauty and contain philosophical meaning in each of its motives. Currently Indonesian batik has a wide variety of motifs and patterns.
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