A place that is not far from the city center of Jakarta, Palbatu II Tebet, South Jakarta appeared as a group of capital cities in conserving batik culture.
All began in the sense of three people’s concerns, Bimo, Iwan and Hari above, there was no batik village in Jakarta, then with a nekat capital, they established the Palbatu Batik Development Communication Forum. In 2011 they began to dare to hold the “Festival Kampoeng Batik Palbatu” event by inviting 18 craftsmen of batik from various areas in Java to come to Jakarta providing a curritable lesson to citizens in the Palbatu street and surrounding areas with the aim to preserve batik culture with real actions.
From the festival, typing not only in the fabric but also in the corners of the narrow gang wall so it looks the batik motifs of various shades ranging from Solo batik, Yogyakarta, Cirebon, and other regional batik. According to the Day of initiator, with the process of learning directly the person so more batik love, then preserves it. It may not be able to preserve without understanding the process of batik in advance.
Dipped and dyed fabrics with dyes in Batik Palbatu village, Jakarta.
The color of learning to improve in the village of Batik Palbatu, Jakarta.
The name of Batik Village itself is not derived from the profession of his citizen, but it comes from the results of the art of typing in various media that exists in the village and one of the distinctive features of the batik Palbatu image is a mask and a fireworks. Currently the village has become a place for society can be more familiar to batik ranging from how to make, the coloring process on fabrics and for fans or batik collectors can purchase Palbatu batik sold at Rp350,000-Rp1.000.000.
Despite being able to produce and sell batik itself, the day remains at the initial goal, invites people to preserve the art of typing even expected by the people in Indonesia can open business from the art of typing because of batik and batik itself is the identity of the Indonesian nation.
Photo and Text: Muhammad Adimaja
Warga organizes workshop space in Batik Palbatu village, Tebet, South Jakarta
Warga conducts the process of typing in batik villages, Palbatu, Tebet, South Jakarta
Not only residents around the Palbatu batik villages who follow workshops, but also open for anyone who wants to learn typing
Colors improve using canting and night
Pak Day one of the founders of the Palbatu batik village, Tebet, South Jakarta
Motif batik mask as a symbol of artificial batik village Palbatu, Tebet, South JakartaColor
South Batik process in Jakarta, Jakarta
