anything at here

Batik Kudus is a craft that has high artistic value and has become part of Indonesian culture, generally of Java and in particular the sanctuary and surrounding areas. Javanese people in the past made their skills in batik for a living, so in the past, batik work is exclusively women's work.

Javanese Batik motifs have different, including batik kudus is now emerging.

The recognition of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) of Indonesian batik, bringing fresh air for the national batik industry, not to mention the Batik Kudus. Holy batik has its roots in a long history of national treasures of batik.

The history of which scraped the motif Three State. This motif has a very unique history. Because in the manufacturing process, carried out in three countries (regions).

The use of colors in batik process in which different. The red color is done in Lasem, blue and violet in the Kudus and Pekalongan. For Soga and Black color, done in Solo and Yogyakarta.

History of the Three State this motif, which confirms, that batik kudus, does have a very long history and recognized in the world of national batik.

Coastal batik artisans works from Kudus, Central Java, was born from the fusion creations Pekalongan batik artisans, Yogyakarta and Solo. In the 1940s, Chinese merchants in the Holy invite batik artisans from various regions to make batik just for them. As a result, the collaboration of batik artisans produce a unique motif. The base of the Holy batik creamy with a touch of Yogyakarta and Solo batik, while the flower motif attached to the character of Pekalongan batik.

Batik kudus is not only motivated multicultural, color is very rich, because of cultural fusion. 

Batik kudus has Arabic influences (calligraphy) because the Holy adjacent to Demak, which is identical to the spread of Islam. Brown and black are also enriching the Holy batik colors.

Various motifs authentic in the Holy batik, which is known by the batik Peranakan fine with isen complicated, such as grain sinawur, moto Iwak, or mrutu sewu. Sogan batik colored (brown) as generally batik Central Java. However, about the style, the choice is varied, ranging patterns spear, kawung, or machete, which is decorated with buketan, wide brim (bright moon), a sprinkling of flowers, butterflies, or birds with bright colors, such as red.

The uniqueness of the Holy batik has developmental beautiful colors and patterns. Like the colors and motifs of butterflies, leaf tobacco, which was developed in collaboration with artisans Youke Yuliantaries.

Batik Kudus is unique, that is the most difficult to recognize and confusing style. This is the uniqueness as well as the differences in cultural diversity is reflected in his motives. Batik Kudus has always had a complicated base, has a high level of refinement and unique in details. Holy batik making is not completed within six months.

In the era of the Batik Kudus 1935 have started there and grew rapidly in the 1970s. Batik Kudus patterns and motifs are very diverse because at that time there was the Holy batik artisans of ethnic Chinese and artisans are indigenous people.

Kudus Batik coraknya more inclined to no resemblance to the coastal batik Pekalongan batik and Lasem for Holy geographically contiguous. Kudus Batik made by Chinese craftsmen known as batik or batik mistress saudagaran, which has a characteristic subtlety and complexity with Isen-isennya. And mostly worn by the upper middle class, who made his feature motifs more toward a blend of coastal batik and batik Mataraman (color sogan).

Kudus Batik made by Kudus native or native artisans influenced by the surrounding culture and pattern also affected coastal batik. Motif is made has meaning or usefulness for example to show no pattern sanctity of the marriage contract as a fashion color, peacock and unisex motifs bernafaskan Islamic culture or Islamic calligraphy motif. Bernafaskan calligraphy motif as influenced history walisongo which is the Holy Sunan Kudus (Syech Dja'far Shodiq) and Sunan Muria (Raden Said Umar), a style that Islam breath because many developing batik artisans around the area known as the Sunan Kudus Kulon.

One motif is also very well known in the vessel aground kudus motif historically spoken caretaker of Mount Muria nothing to do with the history of the ship belonging Sampokong Dampo awang stranded on Mount Moriah, according to history at the time of the debate between Sunan Muria (Raden Said Omar ) with Sampokong.

According Sampokong mountain pass is the sea but it is a belief Sunan Muria mountain until Dampo Awang ship ran aground on Mount Moriah. It was carrying spices and herbs which until now thrives in Mount Muria parijoto one of which is a fruit that is believed by the local community for 7 monthly event that their child good-looking.

And between plants in Mount Moriah is the tree fern Haji Sunan Muria which at the time used as a stick Sunan Muria and cycads timber until now believed by the local community can repel pests one rat, because the motif has grooves like snakes and carving such as calligraphy.

In the '80s the Kudus Batik suffered a setback because there is no craftsmen who produce more because of the development of batik printing the Kudus batik craftsmen many bankrupt and finally the Kudus society prefers to work as a cigarette factory workers because of the tobacco industry in Kudus.