THE GLORY OF BATIK

By. Ahmad Khusein

When the culture began to erode, weaken and almost forgotten. Needed stimulus to resuscitate someone how important it is to preserve and maintain a culture. Moreover, the cultural heritage of our own ancestors. It is our duty as his descendants to preserve, maintain and preserve it as a form of devotion to the ancestors and appreciation of the culture.
Batik as a cultural product that has high artistic value, is a cultural heritage that should be preserved. We as part of the Indonesian nation should participate in a way to love your culture. But the irony in this era of globalization is only a handful of the nation who care about their own culture. They are more proud of the western culture. Incessant wave of information technology-supported Westernization undermine the nation's love of children to their culture.
In the midst of westernization in the formations, we should mengajungkan thumb to some of the nation who still care about the culture, one of which is concern for the batik. Among them, Nia Dinata realize his love for batik by producing a documentary film entitled "Batik, Our Love Story" which is the fruit of the hands of Ucu Agustin. The film tells of love batik sebgai dedicated by the author. Displayed a number of legendary batik makers from some batik centers, such as Pekalongan, Cirebon, Yogyakarta, Solo, Lasem, and Madura.
After setting batik as a UNESCO cultural heritage of Indonesia, the government also take advantage of the good momentum. By setting October 2 as a day of national batik. If the internationally acknowledged batik as Indonesia's cultural heritage, what we own as a people native to Indonesia.