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The Role of Batik to Pekalongan

07.28 |


The first time people hear the word Pekalongan, often remember is batik. Pekalongan Batik is an icon that has been known to foreign countries and has its own characteristics in terms of motifs and patterns and coloring, which is of course different from batik from other regions in Indonesia, so the word batik is used as a slogan Pekalongan city Pekalongan Batik (clean, safe, orderly , beautiful, communicative).
The development of batik has shown survival to date for more than 200 years. The persistence of batik art thanks to the dynamics that always happens in every aspect, whether in technical or non-technical aspects (aesthetic, normative, iconographic, functional and economical). Batik, over the years has shown progress, symptoms include fluctuating socio-economic conditions of the pembatiknya, the development model and motif. Amid the turmoil of progress and decline, it appeared that batik can still exist and can survive adjust to changing fashion trends.
Based on the theory of culture, experts believe that batik is one of the indigenous cultures of Indonesia. The history of batik is expected to begin from the time of pre-history in the form of pre batik and achieve its development process at the time of Hindu forwarded to the Islamic era, further developed and updated with new elements.
The development of batik art has undergone a very long journey to reach the form as it is now. Modernization is not inevitable in all fields, including batik art. Demands of a changing society also affect the shifting demands and physical and spiritual needs of human beings.
Pekalongan batik has long been exported to several countries, including Singapore, Thailand, and the United States. Such famous batik from Pekalongan, Central Java batik so kind does not stop just be the result of economic activity, but it has also become a tourist icon.
Pekalongan batik became very distinctive because relies entirely on hundreds of small entrepreneurs, rather than on a handful of large employers have capital. Since the past decades up to now, most of the production process batik pekalongan done in homes.
Consequently, Pekalongan batik closely integrated with people's lives Pekalongan now divided into two administrative regions, namely Pekalongan and Pekalongan, Central Java. Batik is a breath pekalongan daily life Pekalongan citizens. He lived citizens live and Pekalongan.

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