Friday, August 10, 2012

Yogyakarta Batik

Yogyakarta (also called Jogjakarta) has beautiful batik patterns. Characteristic of Yogyakarta batik lies in the beauty of batik patterns that use primary colors brown soga and blue wedelan. Both coloring are natural dye. By using these two basic colors and processed with the kerokan technique, Yogyakarta batik can be developed into hundreds of motifs. The beauty of Yogyakarta Batik is due to a harmonious blend between the fields, line and entries.

According to the patterns, Yogyakarta batik are divided into two groups, namely geometric and non-geometric. Included in a geometric pattern is Ceplok, Kawung, Nitik and Lereng or Parang. While that include non-geometric group is Semen.

Kawung batik pattern
Kawung batik pattern

Almost every Yogyakarta batik patterns have a philosophical and symbolic meaning. Manner, place and time of use also has its own rules. For example Grompol batik pattern, worn at the time of the marriage ceremony. Grompol means converge or become one. Expected accumulation of everything that is good, for example fortune, happiness, descendants and others.
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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.