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Batik Fabric : Indonesian Cultural Heritage that Goes Transnational

Batik Fabric was born in Indonesia, but now the garment can be found in almost every corner of the world. What is batik fabric? Batik is more a process to make artistic garment than the product itself. Etymologically, batik is derived from Javanese terms amba, which means to write, and titik, which means dot. The art of batik thus involves writing dots, lines and curves on a piece of fabric using a tool called canting to create certain patterns and motifs. Although the term originally refers to the process of making, today people know it more as a product than a process. ... Read more