Batik Tjongklak - Gandaria City

Our attraction to batik begun since we were very young, our grandmother always wore batik and kebaya everyday. She had wonderful collection of hand drawn batik, and she took a chance to share us the story behind each of batik motifs, like parang, kawung, gunungan, pesisir, tumpal and many more.

She kept reminding us that Batik is the pride of Indonesians, it proven when it was listed by UNESCO on Oct. 2, 2009 as one of the world’s cultural heritage originated from Indonesia.

Unfortunately although batik has a respectful place in the world it is largely scorned by the younger generation in Indonesia. Batik is associated with older people, formal attire for formal occasions, such as weddings, traditional and national ceremonies.