Batik is a traditional art form that originated in Egypt in the 4th century and was further developed in Indonesia in the 1800s. It involves using wax to trace patterns and designs onto fabric before dyeing it. Batik is an important part of Indonesian culture and history, as it was traditionally worn by royalty and common people, and the patterns often had symbolic meanings. Preserving batik is important to maintain this cultural heritage and history. While some modern Indonesians prefer Western clothing styles, others still take pride in wearing batik for special occasions or everyday wear.

1. Batik
By:Luana

2. What is Batik?
● Batik is a art and craft based on people's beliefs.Batik is
a cloth that has a lot of patterns and colors. Batik can
come from a lot of different places in Indonesia.Batik
came from Egypt in the 4th century,they used batik to
wrap mummies.Then Indonesia had batik in the
1800s,Indonesian batik is more developed than in
Egypt.

3. The story of batik
● Batik was first found in Egypt in the 4th century.They
used batik to wrap mummies.Batik came in indonesia at
the 1800s, long time ago only rich people could buy it
because it was so expensive.Batik was also weared by the
kings.
● Nowadays batik is not that expensive anymore,now batik
can come from anywhere in Indonesia.Batik can have
many different colors and patterns and style.
Egypt
Indonesia

4. Why is batik so important?
● Batik is important because it was an evidence of the
past.Batik also has a meaning behind it like “simplicity
and peace”.Nowadays batik can be so popular around the
world,also it attracts a lot of tourism.

5. Why do we need to preserve it?
● We need to preserve it because it is an evidence of the
past that we had, batik is unique piece of cloth that
people made. Batik was weared by the kings of the past,
all the people that follows that leader shows respect it
is the same thing with the batik. Batik is an piece of art
that has a lot of patterns that symbolize something.
Batik was made for people's own beliefs.

6. How was batik made in the past?
● Batik long time ago they must make the draft in a piece of
cloth,they used tjanting to trace the line also with
wax.The process of making batik is still used nowadays.

7. What people nowadays think of
batik?
● People nowadays prefer to wear modern clothes,but
some people around indonesia keep on wearing and they
feel proud to wear it.They still wear it sometimes in
special occasions and also sometimes to work.They think
why should we wear batik if we nowadays have more
nicer clothes.

8. conclusion
● Batik is a very important piece of art in Indonesia.So if we
don’t have batik anymore we can’t show the world our
art.I will still wear batik because i think batik is really
elegant to wear and i feel comfortable to wear it.