What is Batik

Batik can refer to two things. The first is the technique of coloring cloth using a "malam" to prevent staining part of the fabric. In the international literature, this technique is known as a wax-resist dyeing. The second notion is the fabric or clothing made ​​with these techniques, including the use of certain motifs that have uniqueness. Batik Indonesia, as the overall engineering, technology, and development-related motives and culture, UNESCO has been designated as Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity since October 2, 2009

Batik is a craft that has high artistic value and has become part of the culture of Indonesia (especially Java) for a long time. Javanese women in the past made their skills in batik as menpatkan business income, so in the past batik work is exclusively women's work until the invention of "Batik Cap" which allows the entry of men into the field. There are some exceptions to this phenomenon, namely the coastal batik masculine lines as can be seen in shades of "Mega Chance", which in some coastal areas batik work is common for men.

The tradition of batik was originally a tradition handed down, so sometimes a recognizable motif batik originated from a particular family. Some batik may indicate the status of a person. Even today, some batik motifs tadisional only used by royal families of Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
Cirebon batik motif for sea creatures

Batik is an ancestral heritage of Indonesia (Java) that until now still exist. Batik is also first introduced to the world by President Suharto, who was wearing a batik at the UN Conference.

Batik patterns
Batik variety of shades and colors are influenced by various foreign influences. Initially, batik has a variety of shades and colors are limited, and some patterns may only be used by certain circles. However, coastal batik absorb various external influences, such as foreign traders and also in the end, the invaders. Bright colors such as red popularized by the Chinese, who also popularized the style phoenix. European colonial nations are also taking interest in batik, and the results are the patterns that were previously unknown flowers (like tulips) and the objects brought by the colonizers (the building or horse-drawn carriage), including their favorite colors such as blue. Retain traditional batik s type, and is still used in traditional ceremonies, because usually each style has a  


How to make batik
Batik was originally made ​​on material with white color made ​​of cotton. Today the batik is also made on other materials such as silk, polyester, rayon and other synthetic materials. Batik motif formed by the liquid wax by using a tool called a canting for subtle motifs, or large-sized brush for a motive, so that the liquid wax to seep into the fabric fibers. Fabrics that have been painted with wax and then dyed with the desired color, usually starting from the light colors. Immersion and then taken to another motif with color or black older. After some time the coloring process, which has dibatik cloth dipped in chemicals to dissolve the wax. Dangeng_club


Batik type (based on manufacturing techniques)

• Batik tulis is decorated with fabric textures and patterns of batik by hand. Batik making this type takes approximately 2-3 months.

• Batik cap is decorated with fabric textures and patterns created with batik cap (usually made of copper). Batik-making process of this type takes approximately 2-3 days.

• Batik lukis is the process of making batik painting by painting directly on the white cloth.

Tips for Holidays in Lombok

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Tourist island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is now increasingly compete with next-door neighbor, Bali. Lombok is arguably one of the most complete tourist destination because it has lots of stunning natural potentials ranging from Mount Rinjani to the exotic beaches are still "virgin" such as Kuta, Tanjung Aan, until the small islands (dyke) is not less captivating.

For a vacation on the island of Lombok, there are seven ways you can do so that your vacation unforgettable. This method can be done for travelers who are accustomed to backpackers or not.

Itinerary Spontaneity does sometimes make the holiday more exciting. However, if you only have limited time for vacation, it is advisable to prepare a travel plan (itinerary). Try to find as much information as possible from the virtual world from a place to stay, transportation equipment, up to a distance and travel time to places you would want to go. Thus, the time you will not be wasted with discussions about the place that will be addressed. Moreover, if you are on vacation as a group, a mature travel plans and agreed in advance to avoid conflicts that could disrupt the holidays.

In preparing the itinerary, do not forget to check the agenda of the festival in Lombok when you visit. To find out, look in Lombok tourism agenda www.visitlomboksumbawa.net site. For example, in July 2011, Lombok has a pity if the tourism agenda is passed as Malean Cattle (cow racing) in the West and Lombok Senggigi Festival at Stone Village Display, Lobar District, West Lombok.


Rental cars
Renting a car does require travel expenses to be slightly more expensive than using public transportation in Lombok Bemo (public transportation) or Cidomo (sort of gig). However, if you're vacationing in groups then the cost of transportation may be cheaper. To rent a car in Lombok with type Avanza charge to reach Rp 300,000 for eight hours already, including the driver. Cars can also reach the more remote areas than public transport. Because, if you stay in Mataram, bemo and cidomo more rare. Two flagship Lombok's public transport more often found outside the city of Mataram.

Another advantage to renting a car is to get a free bonus tour guides from the driver. Typically, a driver who is a native citizen there already memorized places frequented tourist turuis and other places rarely visited but kept the potential of incredible natural wealth. Do not forget, when renting a car you already have an agreement with the driver about the fare perdebatahn saay penyewaannya to avoid the payment later.

Extra Cash
Almost all tourist attractions in Lombok area is free of charge typical of pottery Banyumulek Village, a traditional Sasak village, the village of Sade, and Pura Lingsar. However, when you enter those places, there is usually a charity box and a large journal book to write down the value of the contribution that you provide. It's good that you contribute can seikhlasnya Rp 5,000 to Rp 10,000. The donation will be used to promote the village.

In addition, to bring you the complete story and history surrounding attractions, you can use a local tour guide native village. Cost of tour guides is also not specified, all seikhlas your heart. Therefore, prepare a small money-money bernominal Rp 5,000 and Rp 10,000, - to give the donations it.


Do not waste time and Stop in Unexpected Places When you visit the island of Lombok, is actually a lot of places you can explore attractions in addition to the official who frequently visited by tourists. Therefore, start your day exploring the island since the morning began at 7 am for example. At that hour, along the road in the region and Stone Sukarara Jayi, West Lombok, Sasak tribal farmers grow rice still appear active in the middle of the morning dew began to rise. Sunlight dawn also increased the green expanse of landscape beauty farm.
If you are a lover of photography, do not waste this opportunity to capture the moment. Stop and start to capture the activities of women farmers who were growing rice, farmers are men who were plowing, and akvitas the middlemen who were buying grain from farmers. Begin socializing with the locals, say hello and introduce myself. Gradually, they will begin to tell you about the activities and life as a farmer Sasak. If you're lucky and they feel comfortable, could be a call-eat breakfast together at the edge of the field will glide from these farmers.
You can also make stops at traditional open markets that exist on the roadside. In Lombok, there is market day in which all traders from around the region gathered in Lombok as a single point in the market Sengkol, Central Lombok. Market Day usually falls on a Monday and Thursday.
So do not ever waste your time inside the hotel quiet, beraktivitaslah since morning, socializing with the local community and stop where when you see an interesting activity.

Polite dress
The majority of the population is Sasak Lombok are Muslims. They still uphold religious and social norms in society. Although already a tourist destination, but tourists can not be arbitrary in clothes. Clothes that are open only to invite local residents cynical gaze. This indicates that you do not respect the people there. Other applicable rules that prohibited drunkenness in the open. Unwritten rule is more restrictive occurred during Ramadan, when Muslims start fasting.


Get ready to party Gili and Senggigi! Evening entertainment on the island of Lombok fairly minimal, unlike Bali's tourism alive for 24 hours. In downtown Mataram, the activities of people began to quiet start at 20.00 pm. However, if you still want to explore the beauty of Lombok in the evening, you can simply slide into the Senggigi Beach. There, dozens of open cafe, karaoke, to flood and sea food restaurants open until the early hours.

If you're staying in Gili Trawangan, sempatkanlah feel the beauty of the night in this small island. Usually, every midnight Gili Trawangan held a party and musical entertainment for the tourists who come. Here, tourists can vent his excitement and danced as they pleased until the morning dawn.

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Flights to Bandar Lampung Tourism

Bandar Lampung is known as the "City of Elephant" is a beautiful city with the charm of nature and hills that stretches wide. The strategic location and not far from Jakarta to be an alternative choice of vacation destinations you and your family.

Various tourism potential of the city of Lampung is promising, one of nature tourism that can attract the tourists to enjoy a fun trip while on vacation. Here are tips on some interesting natural sights to be explored during a visit to the city of Lampung.

White Sand Beach

Located about 20 km from Bandar Lampung and takes about 30 minutes using public transport or over the course of trans-Sumatra. Entrance fee of Rp 6,000 per person. The ingredients were varied tour, one canoe games. In addition, just 15 minutes by ferry, you can also explore the island which is right in front of Lean White Sand Beach.
  

Mount Krakatau

Lampung City is a tourist attraction that has worldwide, namely the volcanic mountain that is still active until now. Now, in these locations are equipped with sea travel packages, including Krakatau Volcano Trip package for 10 people at a cost of Rp 3.5 million (all in). In addition, there are also sea island adventure tours (cruise fishing), sea activity (canoeing, snorkeling, diving, and fishing), as well as land and sport activity (volleyball, indoor soccer, biking).

Bukit Barisan National Park 

Stretch from the southern tip of the western part of Lampung Province to the southern province of Bengkulu. It is recommended to visit this site around January to August because the weather in that month were bright enough to explore the forest, swimming, boating down the river, maritime travel, camping, and observing plants, such as the corpse flower.

Curup Tujuh Waterfall 

Has seven levels of waterfalls in the middle of the forest area with unspoiled natural ecosystems. Located in the village of Marga Jaya, Padang District Queen, Bandar Lampung. In addition to leisure travel, you can enjoy the cool mountain streams of natural waterfalls. Distance from Mount Sugih toward Curup Seven Falls is 32 miles or two hours using four-wheeled vehicles.

Green valley 

Recreation with a natural atmosphere which is located at Jalan Radin IMBA Kesuma Queen, Kampung Suka So, Bandar Lampung. The entry fee is only Rp 8,000 per person. Along the area of ​​30 hectares, you can also have fun enjoying the adventure games, like swimming in the water boom and outbound. 

Cheap way to go to Raja Ampat

During this time a lot of domestic tourists, especially from Jakarta, was reluctant to go to Raja Ampat, West Papua. This is because the issue of expensive foreign-run inn there. In fact, by means of a backpacker, we can go to the Raja Ampat.

The backpackers who want to go to the Raja Ampat Islands, be diligent to open sites from Jakarta to Sorong flight path at the time was not the holiday season. To get to Sorong, you could see the airlines sites Batavia Air, Wings Air, and Air Express. Approximately Rp 3 million fares from Jakarta to Sorong go-home and takes about seven hours because of the transit in Makassar about two hours.

From Airport Domine Eduard Osok in Sorong, you can walk out the airport. Outside the airport will be found the main road to the city and its port of Sorong. There a lot of public transportation to the Port of Sorong yellow color, enough with the cost of Rp 3,000.

At the port, you can climb aboard the people to the capital of Raja Ampat. Ship of the people at a cost of Rp 120,000 per person per day of sailing at around 14:00 CDT. Keep your plane comes in at 12.00 CEST Sorong before so you can rest before waiting for the ship depart. People traveling by boat from Sorong to Raja Ampat take about two hours.

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In Waisai, Waigeo Island, the capital of Raja Ampat, you can search for hotels by price Rp 300,000 to Rp 400,000 per night. For the purposes of exploration diving and sailing to the islands of Raja Ampat, you could hire a native boat.

In Sorong there are many good hotels two star and three that provide food with rice and various side dishes. The domestic tourists who want to remain stay in Sorong because the facility can make a day trip without needing to stay in Waisai.

To do this, you need to rent a speedboat around Rp 8 million per day with a capacity of 20 persons per boat. You must gather 20 people so it's pretty venture Rp 400 thousand per person was able to sail to the Raja Ampat for 12 hours straight during the day.

Starting at 07.00 CET until evening you can sail into four to five adjacent islands. Starting from the Strait Dampir, Pencil Island, Cave of the existing Coral skeletons ancestral tomb of Raja Ampat, up to the resort Sorido or directly to Wayag Islands. Wayag Islands are an icon of the Raja Ampat consists of several small islands are beautiful when viewed from above.

If you want to see a resort setting that managed Caucasians, you are allowed to stop and parking at the pier. You can see the beautiful white beaches and clean sea water is very clear so that the corals and fish can be seen directly from the dock.

Small island across from the pier Sorido connected with white sand beaches and beautiful ocean views. Guide from the resort will take you to see the atmosphere of the inn and surrounding islands that many bali pandanus trees are old and infertile.

We had stopped in one of the resort with a rate of $ 2 million per person per room. We see the room is beautiful with views of beach and blue sea that can be seen from the windows and doors. Facilities eat, sleep, and a guide for diving provided for guests staying at the resort. Cleanliness of rooms and the resort is very awake. Occasionally there is the sea of ​​cranes that run at the resort. To stay at the resort, you only need to send an e-mail and sign so. Your arrival will be greeted at the Port of Sorong.

If you stay in Sorong, good seafood, like fish, crabs, and grilled shrimp, and fast food are often found in restaurants and cafes tent in Sorong. Typical fish is a fish budara Sorong. This fish has a lot of flesh and bones of so rare a small spines that can be stuck in the throat.

Souvenirs typical of Sorong is taro or taro chips, shredded bread rolls of tuna, and grilled fish budara. For souvenirs, in Kampung Baru, Sorong, found many shops selling typical Papuan batik, like an arrow pattern, birds of paradise, and drums. Koteka Suvernir of Asmat carvings and also can be found in some souvenir shops in Sorong.

For the night in Sorong, along the beach wall tents are often found stalls selling various kinds of seafood, grilled chicken, and coto Makassar

How to check the original Civet Coffee

Will certainly be easier when we make observations when civet coffee in the still mixed with dirt mongoose, Civet coffee beans that are still in the form before roasting / frying called a green bean. The most fundamental of Civet coffee is authentic and fake green beans are beans that have native seeds intact, smooth and no defects, original civet coffee beans are usually no black spots and broken. Because the mongoose has a very strong instinct, to eat only the finest coffee beans. Thus the form of civet coffee tends to perfect. If there is a lot of green beans are dark spots and broken, then you should be aware of the trend is not original

Other physical characteristics of native civet coffee is evenly yellowish color and more fragrant. While the fake has uneven color, green, and not fragrant. Yellowish in color evenly civet coffee comes from perfect fermentation in the stomach of animals mongoose, civet coffee is authentic characteristics of skin epidermis when it will be processed into green coffee been on the original mongoose is easily detached. While on a false civet coffee just the opposite

Tips on buying civet coffee:

1. Before you trade, ask for photos green been civet coffee that will be sent within a short distance, then be sure to meet the criteria or characteristics of civet coffee that I have mentioned above.
2. Beware of civet coffee prices are below the standard price. Since I find many methods of civet coffee farmers to make the original look like civet coffee, coffee beans by mixing them with fresh bananas, and then given to the mongoose. It is able to trick the civet coffee beans are considered is bananas.