Contemporary men batik shirt in typical Solo style, sogan color and lereng motif.

Garuda Indonesia flight attendant uniform in kebaya and batik parang gondosuli motif.

The female uniform of Garuda Indonesia flight attendants is more authentic modern interpretations of kartini style kebaya and batik parang gondosuli motif, which also incorporate garuda's wing motif and small dots represent jasmine.

The most well known Cirebon batik motif is megamendung ( rain cloud ) that was used in the former Cirebon Kraton.

* Santosa Doellah has been recognised by The Indonesian Museum of Records as having the world ’ s largest collection of ancient Chinese-influenced Indonesian batik textiles.

This kind of uniform consists of a batik short-sleeve or long-sleeve shirt, with shorts or trousers for SMA, and below-knee skirts or longer for females.

It consists of, normally, a loose-fitting blouse ( which may be enhanced with brocade and embroidery ), a long skirt both of which may be batik, or the sarung skirt made of batik, ikat or songket and either the jilbab ( hijab ) or its variant the stiffened krudung.

Batik or fabrics with the traditional batik patterns are found in ( particularly ) Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, China, Azerbaijan, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, and Singapore.

Her skirt is of batik, with the parang pattern, which was for aristocrats.

Infants are carried in batik slings decorated with symbols designed to bring the child luck.

For special occasions, batik was formerly decorated with gold leaf or dust.

The legend goes when Laksamana Hang Nadim was ordered by Malacca King, Sultan Mahmud, to sail to India to buy 140 pieces of serasah cloth ( batik ) with 40 types of flowers depicted on each.

Malaysian batik often displays plants and flowers to avoid the interpretation of human and animal images as idolatry, in accordance with local Islamic doctrine.

Also known as Batik Pedalaman ( inland batik ) in contrast with Batik Pesisiran ( coastal batik ).

Although batik of Western Java are known to be familiar with the wide range of colors, the preference on the tarum ( indigo ) color with bluish black to deep blue hue is prevalent in some of its variants, especially Baduy batik.

File: Indonesian sarong from Java, c. 1880, Honolulu Academy of Arts. jpg | Javanese batik with bird and floral motifs

Balinese batik is characterized by bright and vibrant colors, which the tie dye technique blends into a smooth gradation of color with many shades.

Out of its traditional context as fabrics with pattern, batik can also be as a medium for artists to make traditional or modern paintings or artworks.

* Pysanky – from pysaty ( писати ), " to write "– are raw eggs created with the wax-resist method ( batik ).

The classic style rijsttafel involved serving of up to 40 different dishes by 40 male waiters, bare foot but dressed in formal white uniforms with blangkon ( traditional Javanese caps ) on their heads and batik cloth around their waists.

The Javanese people of Indonesia wear a kebaya, a traditional kind of blouse, along with batik.

Made of pure cotton with glorious patterns, Balinese batik is definitely a good buy.

The bundles may be covered with wax ( as per batik ), wrapped tightly with thread or some other dye-resistant material-to prevent unwanted dye permeation.

Another recognizable traits of Java Hokokai batik are the Japanese influenced motifs ; such as sakura ( cherry blossoms ) and seruni or kiku ( chrysanthemums, Japan national flower and the symbol of the emperor ), butterflies ( symbol of female elegance in Japanese culture ), and overlaying intricate details that has made Jawa Hokokai batiks as one of the most notable, noble and beautiful batik art forms in Asia.

In exchange, Banda predominantly received rice and cloth ; namely light cotton batik from Java, calicoes from India and ikat from the Lesser Sundas.

A batik ( wax resist ) process is used to create intricate, brilliantly colored eggs, the best-known of which is the Ukrainian pysanka and the Polish pisanka.

* The hippie movement late in the decade also had a strong influence on clothing styles, including bell-bottom jeans, tie-dye and batik fabrics, as well as paisley prints.

Presenting " The Amazing Legend " as its main theme, the Carnival left thousands thrilled as the parade passed by showing a large variety of the most extravagant batik fashions.

The colorful batik fashions and attractive choreography simply hypnotized the viewers who seemed to be absorbed into the Javanese legends presented.

Most schools in Indonesia also have a batik uniform which are usually worn on Thursday or Friday.

The motives and colors of batik depend on the school.

The Society was founded in the dining room of Phillips ' in-laws, Doc and Helen Martin, who was herself a batik artist.

Javanese culture | Javanese court batik, in typical reddish-brown colour, from Indonesia.

The development and refinement of Indonesian batik cloth was closely linked to Islam.

The Islamic prohibition on certain images encouraged batik design to become more abstract and intricate.

Realistic depictions of animals and humans are rare on traditional batik, but serpents, puppet-shaped humans, and the Garuda of pre-Islamic mythology are all commonplace.

Although its existence in Indonesia pre-dates Islam, batik reached its high point in the royal Muslim courts such as Mataram and Yogyakarta, whose Muslim rulers encouraged and patronised batik production.

Today, batik has undergone a revival, and cloths are used for other purposes besides wearing, such as wrapping the Quran.

High volume batik uses liquid wax instead of ink on a metal stamp.

Cottage industries which employ traditional skills in handicraft production such as batik, woodcarving and songket weaving are also evident.

The largely rural state preserves rich Malay traditions such as kite-flying contests, top-spinning contests, and bird singing competitions, and traditional handicrafts such as batik, songket, and silver crafts.

Javanese traditional batik, especially from Yogyakarta and Surakarta, has notable meanings rooted to the Javanese conceptualization of the universe.

The colours of pesisir batik, from the coastal cities of northern Java, is especially vibrant, and it absorbs influence from the Javanese, Arab, Chinese and Dutch cultures.

In the colonial times pesisir batik was a favourite of the Peranakan Chinese, Dutch and Eurasians.

UNESCO designated Indonesian batik as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on October 2, 2009.