Batik
Batik Other regions of Indonesia have their own unique patterns that normally take themes from everyday lives, incorporating patterns such as flowers, nature, animals, folklore or people. 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. Although the word's origin is Javanese, its etymology may be either from the Javanese amba and titik ('dot' or 'point'), or constructed from a hypothetical Proto-Austronesian root *beCxk, meaning 'to tattoo' from the use of a needle in the process. The word is 1st recorded in English in the Encyclopxdia Britannica of 1880, in which it is spelled battik. It is attested in the Indonesian Archipelago during the Dutch colonial period in various forms: mbatek, mbatik, batek and batik. Wax resist dyeing techniqu...