Batik Sumbawa - The Cultural Heritage of The Archipelago


Batik has become the cultural heritage of the archipelago. Even the world also has recognized Indonesian batik belong. It could not be separated from each region who have batik as a traditional craft that has been attached. Not wanting to miss the other areas of Lombok also apparently have so exotis batik. Sasambo Giri Menang is one of batik name of Lombok.

Sasambo is a combination of three ethnic groups inhabiting the earth NTB - Sasak in Lombok, Sumbawa Samawa, and Mbojo in Bima. The third tribe united in terms of traditional handicrafts and batik made sasambo as a medium.

To motif, batik motif sasambo have sasambo, motifs made sahe (a cow), motive kakando, and uma lengge (in the form of a tradional house with a dome that resembles a cone). Batik from each region can be distinguished from the patterns and colors produced.

Fine fabrics and artistic motifs can be the determining the selling price of batik sasambo, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. The duration of the process of making batik price sasambo was made to be very expensive. It becomes natural to see the resulting fabric and intricate manufacturing process.

Batik sasambo still processed using traditional techniques. The hands of the craftsman expertise needed to make patterns, motifs, and the colors in batik sasambo. There are unique when the release of colors in batik sasambo. Pieces of iron that has been heated edges will be affixed to the fabric to remove the wax as a color separator in batik sasambo.

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