The function of batik is not just to be addictive and demonstrate our identity of Indonesia, but also strengthens the economic independence of the community from the smallest scale.
The spirit is pickled from the gratitude of your Batik House craftsmen in Pelalawan District Pangkalan City, Riau Province. According to the Head of your Batik House, Siti Nurbaya, Since it can produce batik alone, orders always come so that it continues to actively produce typical batik Pelalawan.
It’s not easy to develop the typical batik Pelalawan. Since the beginning of the year 2013, they were only dreams because the community has not had a tradition of typing down findings such as communities on the island of Java.
A crafter uses nights or hot candles to color the Pelalawan batik in Pelalawan, Riau.
The worker organizes the typical Pelalawan batik sold in the UMKM outlets in the Kerinci Pangkalan Town, Riau.
With the help of local regional governments and supported by plantation companies, women are stimulated into partners to learn to improve. slowly the typical batik craft Pelalawan began to find his identity.
They even produce works that combine Yogya batik technique, Solo and Pekalongan. The creative idea of the craftsmanship is smoothly flowing to look for its own motives inspired by nature around.
Then it was born a typical motif, the batik wave "Bono" taken from the name of the natural phenomena of the large waves in the muara River Kampar that has long been the tourism flagship in Riau. And this motif since 2015 has been copyrighted as the intellectual property of Kemenkumham.
The number of craftsmen coloring the typical batik motif Pelalawan, Riau.
The number of craftsmen coloring special batik motifs Pelalawan, Riau.The choice of batik craftsmen, Pelalawan.
The hard work of craftsmen to focus on the typical batik Pelalawan also succeeds in improving their lives. Batik prices originally Rp200 thousand per strand of size 2,25 meters, now up to Rp350 thousand. A minimum craft can intake Rp1 million earnings up to Rp4 million per month depending on the number of orders.
Photo and Text: FB Anggoro
