BATIK SOLO AND YOGYAKARTA

From work-in Solo and Yogyakarta royal surroundings 17.18 and 19 centuries, batik and widespread, especially in the area of Java Island. Batik initially just a hobby of the royal family in the ornate through clothing. But subsequent developments, pleh society developed into a commodity perdagamgan batik.

Solo Batik is famous for its style and its traditional batik pattern in the stamp and in the process of batik he wrote. The materials used for staining still remains a lot of use of domestic materials such as Java soga already known since the first. The pattern remained among others, famous for "Sidomukti" and "Sidoluruh".

While the origins of batik of Yogyakarta region known since the kingdom of Mataram into any raj-I with a Panembahan Senopati. The first area is the village of batik Plered. Batik work at that time confined within the royal family is done by the queen's ladies auxiliary. From here batik work extends to the first trap on the other the wife of the royal family of courtiers and soldiers. At the official ceremony the royal family empire both men and women wearing clothes with kombonasi batik and striated. Therefore, this kingdom received a visit from the people and the people interested in the clothes worn by the royal family and imitated by the people and finally meluaslah batik out of the palace walls.

As a result of good old time of war between the families of the kings as well as between the Dutch colonial past, so many families of the king who fled and settled in the area of new areas, among others, to Banyumas, Pekalongan, and East kedaerah Ponorogo, Tulungagung and sebagainy a. Meluasny a local batik to areas stricken area, according to the historical development of Indonesian struggle began the 18th century. Families who fled the palace this is developing all over the island of Java, batik is now and grow according to nature and the new area.

Diponegoro's war against the Netherlands, urged the prince and his family and his followers had to leave the kingdom. They then spread towards the East and West. Then in the new areas that the family and followers of Prince Diponegoro to develop batik.

Go to Solo and Yogyakarta Batik East refine existing style batik in Mojokerto and Tulung Court. It also spread to Gresik, Surabaya and Madura. Medium westward batik growing in Banyumas, Pekalongan, Tegal, Cirebon.

(from: www.batikalhadi.com)