Batik is both an art and a craft, which is becoming
more popular and well known in the West as a wonderfully creative
medium. The art of decorating cloth in this way, using wax and
dye, has been practised for centuries. In Java, Indonesia, batik
is part of an ancient tradition, and some of the finest batik
cloth in the world is still made there. The word batik originates
from the Javanese tik and means to dot.
Lately, the school, the office workers, etc wear batik once in a week. Even the government set a national day for batik. Before batik is not this famous, there was a strong statement in people's mind, that batik is for old people, for village people. That you are not "in" when you wear batik.
But I disagree with all that statement. I think that we're all can be look modern when we wear batik. Nowadays with batik, we can go to the movie, school, work, dinner, even to party. So I design some tops and dresses using batik materials. I can show you that with batik, we can be unique yet modern :)
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