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The batik is very beautiful and elegant. The elegance of batik is based on the fact that batik is previously used only by the royal families of Yogyakarta kingdoms and other kingdoms in Java. The batik is s symbol of status. The batik, especially those from Yogyakarta has special motifs and also way of making. According to historical documents, there are almost three thousand batik motifs in Indonesia.

The process of the batik painting is started by putting the white cloth into a hanger or flat place. The batik painter takes the wax from the wajan using the canting and then starts painting on the white cloth. The painter makes the motif very carefully and with patience. After the painting process is over, the dying process is started. After the dying, the painted cloth is boiled. The boiling process is intended to clean the cloth from the wax.

Traditional Javanese batik is made using traditional tools and also dyes. Traditional people use several tools to make traditional batik such as canting, wajan, wax, and dyes. The stamp batik is made to make the process of making batik faster. The batik maker only needs to dip the stamp into the wax and then apply it to the cloth. The stamp will help drawing the motif faster and efficient.

Batik is originally from Indonesia, especially Central Java. Batik is widely available in Yogyakarta, Solo, Pekalongan, Cirebon, and many others regions. The Batik is very beautiful because mostly, batik is made by skillful batik maker manually. The batik can be described as painting arts on a piece of cotton woven fabric. The batik has various motifs and usually the batik makers draw decorative flowers, birds, butterflies, geometric forms and many others.

The batik is admitted to origin from Yogyakarta and solo but you can purchase the batik from almost all Indonesian online stores and some big international online stores. When buying batik online, you need to be careful because you can't touch and smell the product. The originality of the batik can only be identified from its smells and visual sense. Original batik has special smell that can't be imitated by any chemical materials.

If you want to have special skill, you can also learn how to make batik. You must know that it becomes world heritage and you must be proud when you can have skill to make it. You can learn how to make batik clothes. You can use it as the material to make dress, hat, bag, short, and much more. This traditional handicraft is available in various places. You can find it in other country too but it is still from Indonesia. It comes from various places too such as Pekalongan, Yogyakarta, and Solo.

When you are looking for handicraft and you really need to buy from internet, you can get various stores that offer you special handicraft. You can buy handmade batik. It is expensive handicraft from Indonesia. Today people usually use it as their dress, scarf, hat, bag or other.

Today you will find lots of women in shopping area because the special day will come in few days again. They will need to look beautiful in their special day. They usually will buy new dress, new shoes, and new accessories such as bags or jewelry. They will buy necklace, bracelet, and also ring to make their appearance look good. If you want to look elegant in cheap budget, why you do not wear batik? Today this special handicraft has already modified for all dresses.

When you want to buy some stuff to be given to your friends and family, you just need to buy batik. It is special handicraft of Indonesia and Yogyakarta also has special types of this handicraft. You will able to buy batik clothing. Where can you buy? You just need to go to Malioboro and you will able to find all things there such as dress, art, painting, silver handicraft and other.

Indonesia has lots of cultures such as traditional songs and traditional handicraft. We need to keep it so other country will not take it from us. You must know about batik. You need to start love to this handicraft from Indonesia. Today our government has rules to wear batik clothes at Friday to go to their office. It is good because by wearing it we will appreciate our special handicraft.