Malaysia and Indonesia are well known as prolific producers of batik in Southeast Asia. The history of batik in both countries is deeply intertwined for more than a century. What does 'Batik Friday' mean to you? Batik Friday continues to create an awareness of Indonesians traditional fabric to other cultures. It is good that the world acknowledges our culture, and by wearing Batik on Friday it is the simplest way to show my personal pride in my culture. I love the batik blouse you are wearing today Angel! Keywords: batik, meaning, philosophy, Rifa‟iyah, Islam 1. INTRODUCTION Traditional Indonesian handicrafts are dominated by motifs and visual ornaments of implicit philosophical meanings conveyed by their designers. Batik is a well-known Indonesian traditional handicraft. The Bantenese people ( Sundanese: ᮅᮛᮀ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪ romanized: Urang Banten) are an indigenous ethnic group native to Banten in the westernmost part of Java island, Indonesia. The area of Banten province corresponds more or less with the area of the former Banten Sultanate, a Bantenese nation state that preceded Indonesia. [3] Yogyakarta is the capital of the Yogyakarta Sultanate and served as the Indonesian capital from 1946 to 1948 during the Indonesian National Revolution, with Gedung Agung as the president's office. One of the districts in southeastern Yogyakarta, Kotagede, was the capital of the Mataram Sultanate between 1587 and 1613. • BATIK (verb) Sense 1. Meaning: Dye with wax. Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Context example: Indonesian fabrics are often batiked. Hypernyms (to "batik" is one way to): hand-dye (dye by hand) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s something. Derivation: batik (a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where .

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