Category: Indonesian Batik Motifs

Batik Ceplok is one of the standard motifs or the main motifs of the ancient Mataram Kingdom which is currently divided into the Yogyakarta Palace and the Surakarta Sunanate. As has been reviewed in previous articles, the ceplok motif is depicted with symmetrical and geometric motifs, which form circles or squares that extend along the fabric. Continue reading Indonesian Batik Motif Ceplok Jamblang

Every October 2, Indonesia celebrates National Batik Day and World Batik Day. This is because batik has been designated as a Humanitarian Heritage for Oral and Nonbendawi Culture (Masterpieces of the Oral and the Intangible Heritage of Humanity). Not only the scale within Indonesia, Continue reading 2 October National Batik Day, 11 Years of Indonesian Batik 2009-2020

When talking about the Rujak Senthe motif, we can be sure that people will closely associate it with the Udan Liris motif. It is true that these two motifs at first glance look very similar. Both have the same motif contours, namely slopes or diagonals consisting of at least 7 main micro motifs, namely flames, half kawung, palm banji, Continue reading Indonesian Batik Motif Rujak Senthe

The Hong bird or popularly known as the Phoenix Bird is one of the batik motifs most often applied to a cloth. The Hong bird on a batik cloth does not identify a place or an area of ​​origin for a batik motif. However, from its history, the hong bird motif came from the north coast of Java Island, such as Cirebon and Pekalongan. This occurred due to trade shifts, where traders from Continue reading Indonesian Batik Motif Hong Bird

One of the most popular Javanese traditional batik motifs is the truntum batik motif. Truntum is taken from the word tumaruntum which means to grow. Physically, this truntum batik is depicted with small, typical motifs like stars and is usually depicted on one piece of sogan brown batik cloth. This motif, which originates from the Surakarta Sunanate, has a long history Continue reading Indonesian Batik Motif Truntum

Wayang is one of the oldest characterization stories and stories that have ever existed in the archipelago or Indonesia. This is also a cultural acculturation that has entered since the introduction of the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism in the archipelago. One of the hundreds of famous puppet characters is the figure of Arjuna. Continue reading Indonesian Batik Motif Wayang Arjuna