Although batik is made in other parts of the world, Indonesia can be considered the spiritual home and where the art form has evolved into the largest level of sophistication. Batik in Indonesia is probably most famous art and cultural heritage and is recognized by UNESCO in 2009 as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Humanity, an award that reflects the importance of stigma continue to play in the cultural life of the people of Indonesia.

Batik in Indonesia plays many roles: a sophisticated approach to art, is an important part of the country’s cultural heritage, a symbol of national identity (especially in the manufacture of batik), a promotional tool for tourism, both as an image as an attractive country for tourists and special interest, and as an economic contributor. Batik production employs hundreds of thousands of people across the country, especially for small businesses, providing an effective contribution to the development of the Village often are relatively poor and small towns.

Batik is popular for a number of reasons. For many people in Indonesia who offer a link to the traditions of the past, especially in Java where it is a symbol of identity and is still used in cultural ceremonies. Noda also interesting because it is so remarkable: in color and design. Batik performed on a variety of colors and has a variety of motives that make it very flexible. Traditional hand-painted batik is very durable, which means that one part of the quality may persist for several generations. For many tourists, the stigma is the perfect memento of a holiday in Indonesia: exotic, traditional and colorful. In addition to textiles, fabric stains can be used in a number of different ways, such as for accessories, home furnishings and wall hangings, as well as a medium for the painting. The latter, probably understated the reason for the popularity of these stains can be found in the magnitude or stylized geometric motifs, inspired by Islam, which means that the stain could have an attraction, a real universal.

For centuries, batik Indonesia plays an important role in social and cultural life of society, kings and commoners dress the same, which is used in marriage ceremonies and rituals associated with the harvest, and to fend off the volcano to appease the gods. But in the 1960s, began to stain associated with Indonesian nationalism. Batik shirts popularized as an official alternative to Western-style suitable for the people of Indonesia, as a newly independent nation trying to create a new identity and distance themselves from the colonial regime. Batik losing popularity in the following decade as the country’s modern fashion and the West are becoming increasingly ubiquitous. However, around the turn of the new millennium, stains renewed interest, partly because of efforts by the Indonesian fashion designers incorporated modern design with traditional forms such as kebaya dress. Stains are becoming increasingly more fashionable, especially among young people, and is often used instead of a Western suit at work or at wedding receptions. Following the announcement by UNESCO in 2009, the Indonesian government has encouraged to wear batik at work on Friday. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, often wearing a shirt stains, like other politicians and community leaders, and Nelson Mandela, former South African President also like stain.

There is widespread rejoicing in Indonesia if the Indonesian batik UNESCO recognized as an important cultural items, partly because of an impasse in Malaysia in which the state can claim the historical roots of the art form. There is a long-running rivalry between the two countries, sometimes in its territory, but more often because of friction on the collective cultural practices. Malaysia has developed a sophisticated tourism industry that dwarfs the others is just a lot of Indonesian people feel that it is partly due to the root of the practices of different cultures, such as songs, dances and batik production. The dispute comes as the government of each country, who moved to make a statement without feeling calm. Argument since sat, in the Indonesia of UNESCO for the recognition that offers protection to a proud local tradition. The fact of the matter is that while both countries are culturally very close, and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia are both making the stain, finished product is actually very different, color, design and engineering. Disputes that can be seen as arising from the fact that both countries use the same word for what is often an art form that is truly unique.