History of batik in Indonesia closely associated with the development and dissemination of Majapahit kingdom in Java to Islam. In some entries, the development of batik many times do the Mataram kingdom, then the kingdom of Solo and Yogyakarta.
So the arts of batik in Indonesia has been known since the time of Majapahit kingdom and continue to grow the government and the subsequent kings. Batik art in general to be widespread in Indonesia and in particular the Java quarter after the end of the century or the beginning of XVIII-XIX century.
However, batik technique itself has been known for decades (Millennium), probably derived from ancient Egyptian or Sumerian. It is widespread in several West African countries like Nigeria, Cameroon and Mali, or in Asia, like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Iran, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Batik is all hand-produced until the early XX century and printed batik new only known after the First World War ended or around the year 1920.
Batik art is art photos on fabric for clothes as one of the kings of the family culture of Indonesia first time. Initially the activities of making batik is limited in the Kingdom and it is only produced for the clothes of the king and his chiefs. Because many of the speakers live outside the Kingdom, the art of batik was brought by them out of the kingdom and also created their own place.
Old-old art of batik is imitated by the masses and became more widespread employment of women in their families to fill my free time.
Among the materials used are tediri dye from plants in Indonesia, among others, made their own from: noni tree, height, Soga, Nila, and materials made from soda ash sodanya, as well as salt made from clay mud.
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