The Background of Study. The scope of study. Significance of study.

Ripayandi David AJP : A Brief Description On The Role Of Batik For Indonesian Society, 2009. iv

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Background of Study.

There are so many cultures in this world, especially in Indonesia. Indonesia has many different cultures in their society. And one of the cultures is batik. In this paper, i want to explain about a brief description on the role of batik for Indonesian society. Historically batik has recognized since the century of XVII, come from ancestors epoch written and painted at palm leaf. At the moment motif of batik was dominated with animal form and crop. But nowdays, the development of batik is in a long a progress, that is from animal painting patterns and crop by degrees change over at abstraction motif looking like cloud, temple relief, puppets of beber etcetera. Then the combine of paintings pattern and clothes frieze art resulted batik drawn as we know today. In Indonesia, the history of Batik was related to Majapahit Kingdom and after. Batik has develoved in the empire of Mataram, and the kingdom of Solo and Yogyakarta. Soon and later, in development of batik was imitated by closest people and spread out to be worked by of woman in its household to fill spare time. Hereinafter, batik which is the beginning to be the families king clothes, later become the clothes for common people, women and men are wear of it. And now batik has become a symbol of culture in Indonesia. Ripayandi David AJP : A Brief Description On The Role Of Batik For Indonesian Society, 2009. iv 1.2 The objective of study . As a student, I write this paper to fulfil the requirements to get the diploma degree the English Department of the Faculty of Letter,University of north Sumatera Utara

1.3 The scope of study.

Actually, there are many things that can be discussed about cultures in Indonesia, but the writer just limited the discussion on the role of batik for Indonesian society. Some of the role like on trading, symbolic, tourism and etcetra.

1.4 Significance of study.

In this paper, I want to give some informations to the other people more about batik and the role in our society so that will be make us proud with our cultures.

1.5 The methods of writing.