Pekalongan Batik City Overview

Pekalongan Batik City Overview 'Pekalongan', of course in our minds imagined the beauty of their culture in the form of batik art. Conversely, if the word batik, the first thought in our heads would Pekalongan. Pekalongan batik is synonymous with the city, as one song lyric Slank: Batik in Pekalongan Oy City ...? Not Jogja And Not Solo .. Pekalongan names disclosed by the society from generation to generation, there are several versions. Version was first mentioned during the Regent Pekalongan Baurekso and also as the Commander of People of the Kingdom of Mataram. In 1628 he received orders from Sultan Agung to attack the VOC in Batavia. So he fought hard, even begins with an ascetic like bats / bat (Java language ngalong topo) in the woods Gambiran (now: village Preview). The hermitage is told that the Ki Baurekso teased and harassed delegates stealth warrior goddess and tapering, but failed even tapering dipersunting Baurekso Goddess as his wife. Since then, the area known by the name of Pekalongan. The second version also stated that the name comes from the Pekalongan and moldy Along (java language: musty (search), along (a lot). It is related to marine waters with Nusantara Fishery Harbour which was once the largest fish-producing center in Indonesia The third version has been known as the city of Pekalongan batik is batik production centers and sales on a large scale has reached National and International Market., Kota Pekalongan said to have become one of the reference city for Batik products, both nationally and internationally this has been strengthened to have diresmikannnya a National Museum Batik by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, on July 12, 2006. All four versions of Pekalongan community consists of various ethnicities, with the majority ethnic Javanese, plus ethnic Arabs and China. Since the first residents Pekalongan whose majority are Muslims known to be very religious in carrying out everyday life. Religious nature of which was seen on Friday at the close of business generally. Ethnic China whose numbers quite a lot and have to mingle with the ethnic Javanese also preserve culture they brought from their ancestors. This was shown by the existence of houses of worship such as the Shrine of the Buddhist community has hundreds of years old, as well as arts and culture are still preserved. Museum Batik Pekalongan Batik Museum in Pekalongan only here we can see a wide collection of batik originated from different regions of the archipelago such as Jogjakarta, Surakarta, and batik-batik coastal areas, such as Cirebon, Pekalongan, Lasem Rembang, Tuban and Sidoarjo. There are also collections of batik Malaysian batik and batik-ancient tens or even hundreds of years old. Shopping Tour Batik is a product native to Indonesia and is our native culture. It makes the heart has become restless when suddenly there are other countries who claim as their cultural art of batik. Pekalongan batik famous throughout the world, including the motive Jlamprang, Cuwiri, Garuda Madep, Galaran, etc. .. Pekalongan batik has its own characteristics in terms of motif or color. Pekalongan batik colors or styles and many influential Chinese motifs. Pekalongan batik as the city is known, not just the slogan of the city (Clean, Safe, Orderly, Beautiful, Communicative) but also as centers of batik in the coastal areas. This is also reinforced by the success of Pekalongan At the festival in 2005, a total of 1000 completed batik batik cloth over 1200 square meters. record at the Guinness World Record, record taker international institutions of the world, in terms of batik. Shopping Places in Pekalongan and several surrounding district is very much like the spread, Kampung Batik, Batik Village, Batik Wholesale Markets and northern Setono, Batik Gallery. scattered in the middle of this Pekalongan, For you lovers of Batik, you can choose satisfactory Batik with beauty and charm of color and motif that continues to grow at any time. Batik besides shopping, you can shop a variety of craft products at the center of handicrafts from vetiver woven and made a variety of decorative items, other than that you can see the workshops where the manufacture of starting threads that were woven into the fabric up to the making of batik, cap etc. , as well as the coloring process is varied, from Natural dyes to dye chemistry. then no longer deny that the origin of Pekalongan batik is spread over several cities in Indonesia and Overseas, so you do not miss to come to town this Batik. (Source: Tim Batik SeruuCom-MD)