History of Indonesian Batik

Many researchers had a notion about the origins of Indonesian batik. Some claimed that the Indonesian Batik originated from India. Wax-resist technique has been known from other country, like China, Egypt, and others.

The wax-resist or batik technique has been known in India since the 6th century and reached the heyday in the 16th century and 18. During the heyday, it has been made ​​of a combination of colors in the manufacture of cloth.

Rouffaer argue that the technique known as batik estimated from India or Sri Lanka in the 6th century or the 7th. Traders and people from the two regions came into Indonesian territory while spreading the ideology of the Hindu. Meanwhile, other researchers believe that the tradition of batik is a native tradition Toraja, Flores, Halmahera and Papua area. Historically, these areas were not influenced by Hinduism, but noted to have batik tradition.

However, in terms of design, Indonesian batik style is different from other countries. The development of a more diverse style batik Indonesia caused of blends with other motives and a variety of shapes and colors.

Old Javanese Batik already had complicated patterns. This pattern can only be done with an equipment called a canting. Batik canting only used in Java. Booming of batik occurred since the 12th century. When the kingdoms of Java was arised and then boomed during extending of Islam in Java.
Wikipedia states that in the European literature, batik technique was first described in a book by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, History of Java (1817). In 1873, van Rijekevorsel gave a piece of batik of Indonesia to the Ethnic Museum in Rotterdam. In the early 19th century, Indonesia's batik has become a popular and fascinating world

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