Batik is a craft that has high artistic value and has been part of Indonesian culture (especially Javanese) for a long time. Javanese women in the end made their skills in batik a livelihood, so in the past batik work was the exclusive work of women until the invention of "Batik Cap" which allowed men to enter this field. There are several things for this phenomenon, namely coastal batik which has a masculine line as can be seen in the pattern "where in the coastal area batik work is common for men.
The tradition of batik was originally a hereditary tradition, so sometimes a motif can be recognized as coming from a certain family batik. Some batik may indicate the status of a person. Even today, some traditional batik motifs are only used by the royal families of Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
Cirebon batik with sea creatures pattern
Batik is an ancestral heritage of Indonesia (Javanese) which still exists today. Batik was also first introduced to the world by President Soeharto, who in time wore batik at the United Nations Conference