Every Indonesian city has its own characteristic motif.
Do you know which city is this motif characteristic of?
a) Jogjakarta
b) Solo aka Surakarta
c) Pekalongan
d) Jakarta
Since Know Your Batik sells batik from Solo/Surakarta, of course this motif is characteristic of Solo! Did you choose the correct answer?
Jogjakarta and Pekalongan are 2 other cities known for the hand-made batik industries till today. Jakarta, well, the capital city of Indonesia, and mainly for business.
[We will address the history behind the name Solo and Surakarta which essentially points to the same city, in another post].
The characteristic of batik Solo is in its usage of the colour ‘sogan’. Sogan is a combination of the colour dark brown, light brown, black brown, and red brown.
Solo Batik is known for its traditional batik patterns be it batik cap or batik tulis, and also famous with the sidomukti and sidoluruh pattern.
[What is batik tulis, batik cap? Read more about the different batik processes here]
This post was extracted from this article which expounds on the different types of batik motifs (patterns) in different Indonesian cities. NOTE: The article is in Indonesian.
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