Batik Enthusiasts Abroad

The government aims to boost exports of batik is more than 1 billion U.S. dollars in 2013, among other international support batik exhibitions in various countries, including in Africa.

The government also seeks to export abroad batik exports exceed current. Moreover, because many heads of state who is very fond of Indonesian batik.

Indonesia became more confident with the copyright batik because it has received recognition from UNESCO.

The government also promised to facilitate and bridge the batik makers to obtain additional capital through Public Credit from banks.

Batik is currently rated as having economic value of an established, so that the private sector was asked to develop a culture of batik Indonesia that has been for hundreds of years.

KUR this year reached Rp 30 trillion this year to be distributed to industry, especially SMEs that require a lot of labor-intensive industries such as batik.

Even the President has ordered to continue to increase the number of the Public Credit.

Batik is not only in terms of economics, but also about various aspects of life such as "the power of culture" or cultural power which is a symbol of the power of Indonesian culture.

Any scratches the craftsmen in plain fabric then "the power of innovation", "the power of creativity" has been formed.

To that end, the government hopes that the batik should not be judged by a few hundred thousand dollars, but the power of thought and creativity are deployed by craftsmen into beautiful products that reflect on the noble message, anxiety, a sense of love, or feeling like something is then etched in a batik cloth.

Creative thinking that this is certainly invaluable with money, then to the actual piece of batik cloth is not nothing compared to the hundreds of thousands of dollars of money.

Gazette dollars for batik craftsmen to help them live only viable economically in terms of strengthening the social economy.

Thus, entrepreneurs and designers are also required to make batik as a "trend fashion " is not only in domestic but also in foreign countries.

source : Google cakrawalaberita

MUSEUM BATIK PEKALONGAN

-MUSEUM BATIK PEKALONGAN-

MUSEUM BATIK PEKALONGAN the launch date of July 12, 2006 by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to coincide with the commemoration of the 59th day of the cooperative. Addressed in Jetayu street 1 to occupy the Dutch colonial building that was built in the mid 19th century.

Batik collection chamber is divided into three rooms, each collection consists of:
1. Nusantara space is filled with a collection of mother Hj. Ani Yudhoyono and Mrs. Hj. Herath Budiyono
2. Interior space
3. space Pesisiran
has its own theme, change batik collection is done once every 4 months, this was done to avoid so that visitors are not saturated.

Batik shop
Batik Shop is one of the facilities at the Museum Batik Pekalongan batik commodities provide a variety of products that are sold to visitors.

Batik Workshop
Is a facility that can be used as a place of training and practice directly by visitors. Workshop is in Pekalongan Batik Museum is also often used as an alternative place for students batik elementary to high school in order to fulfill the tasks of local content subjects are now taught batik in schools in the city of Pekalongan.

source : Pariwisata Kota Pekalongan

BATIK beauty in the Eyes of the World

Pekalongan is a commodity for everyone, whether from their own communities even have started worldwide, it is in the show of enthusiasm in the world Bloggers Community which would come to the town of Pekalongan, They come from several countries who are members of the world's shade Blogger Community , they are from the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam and not behind the United States, they visited the Museum batik Pekalongan Pekalongan City with the intention of studying with the typical pattern of batik, "Pekalongan, very beautiful with batik patterns. Pekalongan city should be proud of it .. "said Natasha Blogger Art of the Philippines. This community also did not hesitate to learn to make one of the City of Pekalongan batik patterns.

In addition to learning batik is also very happy when they wear one Batik Clothing, According to the Head of the Department of Transportation, Tourism and Culture City of Pekalongan Drs. Doyo Budi Wibowo, M.M said.
They were amazed by the beauty of batik Pekalongan, they do not hesitate to take pictures capture exactly the beauty of batik. Batik has become a world heritage areas not defined by UNESCO objects at the time, has now become the world spotlight with its beauty.

  "This kind of activity can help promote Pekalongan Tourism, one of them with this visit Pekalongan is increasingly recognized in the eyes of the world as the City of Batik. These spur us for further increase of Tourism City of Pekalongan."

-Let's visit the City of Pekalongan-

Source : Pariwisata Kota Pekalongan

UNESCO recognition for Batik

Batik Pekalongan, Central Java, has been recognized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural) as one of the world's cultural heritage. Inauguration is planned to be done in France. This is achieved because the Indonesian people, especially the city of Pekalongan batik can maintain the aesthetic value.

This recognition means Batik Pekalongan Pekalongan is recognized as an indigenous Indonesian culture is typically not owned by another country. This culture is also recognized sustainable alive from generation to generation and are still used by the community. This recognition also means that the cultural wealth of the world batik adds. The world can wear batik, but it should not be claimed.

This recognition is not easily obtained. The process is long and complicated. At first preparing an academic paper about batik. Then, six state representatives from Unesco conduct an assessment of the batik culture for three years. Finally decided to cultural recognition of batik as an Indonesian cultural property which contribute to the cultural world.

This recognition is the result of efforts of various parties, ranging from government, industry batik, Indonesian citizens. Government's role in ratifying the UNESCO convention to protect cultural heritage objects not through Government Regulation (PP) 78/2007. Batik industry players instrumental in producing and developing batik. Indonesian citizen with a meritorious boast batik and batik industry to use it so do not run out of customers.

This recognition has great significance for the cultural and creative industry in Indonesia. First, the protection of Pekalongan batik culture of another land claims. With this recognition, the parties of other countries can not easily claim the aesthetic value of Batik Pekalongan as copyright.

Batik name is already patented by Malaysia, but not its aesthetic value. It is fitting therefore the effort to get Unesco recognition aesthetic value Batik Pekalongan.


Second, this recognition shows that Indonesia can achieve artistic achievements and cultural heritage of the world gives. Pekalongan batik Before this, puppets and kris first receiving an award from UNESCO as well. This shows that Indonesia has a proud heritage in the international world. This recognition could encourage young people to appreciate, discover their value and develop Indonesian culture.

Third, the growing appreciation will increase the market potential and the batik industry. Current public interest in Indonesia for batik has been increasing since the news hebohnya patenting by the Malaysian batik name. Domestically, this recognition can be increased interest in batik due to the steady and sure of the values ​​of the Batik. Abroad, this recognition as well as promotion. And because Pekalongan batik is unique, value-added can be increased because the buyer does not have a comparable price.

In anticipation of the development of the market demand, batik SMEs need to prepare design development, quality, and emotional closeness with market tastes. Appreciation for the idea and design work should be improved to provide motivation and interest of the citizenry in innovating for the batik industry. Observation of a rapidly changing market trend needs to be done as a material to create a design that favored the market. Equipment such as software design batik fractal based also needs to be optimized to improve the productivity of batik design. Fourth, Pekalongan batik's recognition would encourage other filings cultural richness of Indonesia to UNESCO and other agencies. There are still many Indonesian cultural heritage that needs to be protected because it is prone to be claimed by outsiders. Indonesia has a cultural heritage that should be appreciated.

That's when a further review, ranging from clothing to furniture. For example weaving, jumputan, Jepara carving, and so on. The cultural wealth of the more valuable it is economically very vulnerable to claims of copyright thieves from abroad.

In short, it boasts UNESCO recognition and protection. Furthermore Indonesian people themselves need to learn to appreciate their own culture which is the fruit of hard work, love, and intelligence of our ancestors. This means the appreciation and development of MSMEs improve Indonesia's international prestige.

source : the world batik city

UNESCO Berkunjung ke Museum Batik Pekalongan

PEKALONGAN - Museum Batik Pekalongan, Senin (21/11) kemarin, mendapatkan pemantauan langsung dari pihak UNESCO untuk mengetahui perkembangan setelah menerima penghargaan Best Practise Internasional, yang telah diterima bertepatan dengan diakuinya Batik Sebagai Warisan Tak Benda dari Indonesia, 2 Oktober 2009.

Penghargaan tersebut diberikan UNESCO karena museum Batik Pekalongan dinilai sebagai tempat yang mampu memberikan pelajaran pelestarian batik sebagai warisan budaya tak benda asli Indonesia.

Menurut Kepala UPTD Museum Batik Pekalongan, Tanti Lusiani, setelah menerima Penghargaan dari UNESCO tersebut, perkembangan museum tidak dilepas begitu saja oleh pihak pemberi penghargaan, melainkan terus di pantau.

“Bahkan rencananya, UNESCO akan datang langsung ke Kota Pekalongan untuk memantau perkembangan terhadap penghargaan yang telah diberikan, apa dapat dijaga dengan baik atau justru mengalami penurunan setelah menerima penghargaan Best Practise,’’ katanya

Tak hanya itu, UNESCO sebelum melakukan kunjungan juga akan melakukan pembicaraan di rumah dinas wali kota saat transit dan memberikan penjelasan mengenai hal-hal yang perlu dikembangkan atau dilestarikan.

(jatengprov.go.id)

Corak Batik

Ragam corak dan warna Batik dipengaruhi oleh berbagai pengaruh asing. Awalnya, batik memiliki ragam corak dan warna yang terbatas, dan beberapa corak hanya boleh dipakai oleh kalangan tertentu.
Namun batik pesisir menyerap berbagai pengaruh luar, seperti para pedagang asing dan juga pada akhirnya, para penjajah. Warna-warna cerah seperti merah dipopulerkan oleh Tionghoa, yang juga memopulerkan corakphoenix.

Bangsa penjajah Eropa juga mengambil minat kepada batik, dan hasilnya adalah corak bebungaan yang sebelumnya tidak dikenal (seperti bunga tulip) dan juga benda-benda yang dibawa oleh penjajah (gedung atau kereta kuda), termasuk juga warna-warna kesukaan mereka seperti warna biru. Batik tradisonal tetap mempertahankan coraknya, dan masih dipakai dalam upacara-upacara adat, karena biasanya masing-masing corak memiliki perlambangan masing-masing.



Sumber : Wikipedia

Jenis Batik

• Batik tulis adalah kain yang dihias dengan teksture dan corak batik menggunakan tangan. Pembuatan batik jenis ini memakan waktu kurang lebih 2-3 bulan.
  
  
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• Batik cap adalah kain yang dihias dengan teksture dan corak batik yang dibentuk dengan cap ( biasanya terbuat dari tembaga). Proses pembuatan batik jenis ini membutuhkan waktu kurang lebih 2-3 hari.
  
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• Batik lukis adalah proses pembuatan batik dengan cara langsung melukis pada kain putih.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Budaya Batik

Batik adalah kerajinan yang memiliki nilai seni tinggi dan telah menjadi bagian dari budaya Indonesia (khususnya Jawa) sejak lama. Perempuan-perempuan Jawa pada masa lampau menjadikan keterampilan mereka dalam membatik sebagai mata pencaharian, sehingga pada masa lalu pekerjaan membatik adalah pekerjaan eksklusif perempuan sampai ditemukannya "Batik Cap" yang memungkinkan masuknya laki-laki ke dalam bidang ini.
Ada beberapa pengecualian bagi fenomena ini, yaitu batik pesisir yang memiliki garis maskulin seperti yang bisa dilihat pada corak "Mega Mendung", dimana di beberapa daerah pesisir pekerjaan membatik adalah lazim bagi kaum lelaki.
Tradisi membatik pada mulanya merupakan tradisi yang turun temurun, sehingga kadang kala suatu motif dapat dikenali berasal dari batik keluarga tertentu. Beberapa motif batik dapat menunjukkan status seseorang. Bahkan sampai saat ini, beberapa motif batik tadisional hanya dipakai oleh keluarga keraton Yogyakarta dan Surakarta.
Batik merupakan warisan nenek moyang Indonesia ( Jawa ) yang sampai saat ini masih ada. Batik juga pertama kali diperkenalkan kepada dunia oleh Presiden Soeharto, yang pada waktu itu memakai batik pada Konferensi PBB


Sumber : Wikipedia