Batik
Batik ( Javanese "mbatik" = to write with wax) is a textile dyeing process originally from Indonesia , in which patterns and decorations are drawn onto the fabric ( cotton , linen , silk, etc.) by hand with liquid wax using a tool known as tjanting are covered, and are therefore not rinsed through the subsequent dyeing of the fabric in the dye bath and thus retain their original color.
Indonesian batik
Indonesian batik is characterized by a variety of traditionally given and often religious or culturally connoted patterns and colors. Traditionally, clothes made of batik fabrics or certain patterns were reserved for the upper class, especially the nobility, in the strictly regulated Javanese society. The Sultan of Yogyakarta, for example, only released all batik for use by all social classes in 1940. Even today, certain patterns are reserved for certain social occasions (e.g. weddings).
"Indonesian Batik" was from the September 30, 2009 UNESCO on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity set.
Indonesian batik
traditional pattern from Yogyakarta
traditional pattern from Yogyakarta
traditional pattern from Solo ( Surakarta )
traditional pattern from Solo
Batik artist from Indonesia, Dutch cinema news from 1977
Representative List : Wayang Puppet Theater (2009) | Kris dagger (2005) | Indonesian Batik (2009) | Angklung Instrument (2010) | Three types of dance in Bali (2015) | Pinisi Shipbuilding Art (2017)
In urgent need of conservation : Saman Dance (2011) | Noken bag of the people of Papua (2012)
Good practice examples : Training young people in traditional Indonesian batik technique (2009)
Related techniques
A technically similar process, namely the prevention of coloration, is the method of tying with cord , cable ties , wire or rubber . Thin material can also be knotted yourself. Color transitions can be achieved through multiple passes of bindings and different colored dye baths. This technique is called Shibori in Japan , Plangi in Indonesia , Bandhani in India and Tie-Dye in English-speaking countries .
Tied with cable ties after the first wash, still with ties
... in the second color bath
... finished after removing the cable ties
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.geocities.com/omimachifuri/clothes.htm ( Memento from November 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Official homepage of UNESCO