PROF DR Sujoko (ALM), RUPA ARTS EXPERT OF ITB NEVER TO COMMUNICATE IN YOGYAKARTA, painter THAT INDONESIA IS THE FIRST WOMAN OF THE JAVA "paint" canting WITH THE ABOVE MATERIAL weaving.

Painting with canting, it was clear which of course meant membantik. And, referring to the explanation of the sentence when the professor is, is very clear also that the Javanese batik has long been available, even a product of the oldest art in Indonesia.

In terminology, the word batik from Java language vocabulary "amba", meaning to write and "point". The word batik refers to fabric with patterns generated by the material "night" which is applied to the fabric to resist the entry of dye.

From the time of the Hindu Mataram kingdom until the introduction of religion by religion to the island of Java, since the arrival of Indian traders, Chinese, Arabic, which was followed by the traders from Europe, since the establishment of Islamic kingdom of Mataram led the way of Yogyakarta and Surakarta, batik has been present with style and color that can describe the era and the birth environment.

In the XVII century, batik survive a material exchange brokers in the archipelago until the early years Abab XIX. Indeed. When was batik in Java Island, which became an art results in the palace has become an attractive trade commodity along the northern coast.

According to Mari S Condronegoro of Purebred Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII, the court nobles environment in Java, batik cloth worn as a dress them. Batik cloth in the palace is a complete environment used clothing for all purposes, daily outfit, fashion keprabon, clothing to attend traditional ceremonies, and so on. Java menswear consisting of headgear, lower garment, shawl, all in the form of batik cloth. Similarly, dress fittings, also the daughter of a Javanese batik clot