4/13/2013

History of Batik Pekalongan



History of Batik in Pekalongan was began after the war and discord in the kingdom of Mataram that was led by the king Panembahan Senopati.  War against the Dutch colonial or Split between the palace is often times case, until at one point the most severe conditions caused many royal families who were displaced and settled in areas of new inter including to Pekalongan. Royal Families who are already have a tradition of batik and batik refuge is what is develops into the evacuations areas in Pekalongan.

In the Area of Pekalongan, batik eventually grow exponentially as in Buaran, Pekajangan and Wonopringgo. The royal family who fled and took his followers to the new area, and the place of batik and then continued to work for a livehood. Batik style in this area is also adapted to the circumstances surrounding area.

At the beginning of the 20th century, first made known to pekajangan produce is weaving the yarn spun himself stagen and simply. In recent years new known batik is done by people who worked the weaving sector.

Growth and more rapid development of batik weaving stagen and never sugar factory workers in Wonopringgo and tirto ran into batik companies, because wages are higher than the homespun fabric and paint materials made from trees such as noni, tom tree, soga java and etc.
                                                          

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