Batik Indonesia

batik
Basically, batik is an art that uses canting as a tool for painting. Canting itself is a small bowl-shaped device made of copper and has a carat or monong, with a stalk of bamboo or wood that can be filled the malam (wax) as a material for painting. This canting can create a collection of lines, dots or cecek that ultimately shape patterns. The patterns is then a decoration in Batik art.

Batik has been passed down from generation to generation until today. With this traditional pattern, since the first public imagination pours through the images in batik. Communities also have to know the traditional art of dyeing with natural materials before knowing staining with chemicals. Batik is spread almost throughout Indonesia has a form of decoration that varies between one and the other. In 2009, UNESCO recognized batik as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia.

Keris From Indonesia

Keris is a cultural property exotic and original. This is a 'work of art' as well as 'cultural objects' original archipelago. Keris culture stretching from the western tip of the island of Sumatra, Peninsular Siam and Sulu in the North, the Great Barrier and the Maluku islands in the East Nusa Tenggara islands in the South. Keris be binding identity that encourages a sense of nationhood that thrives in the archipelago. In 2005, Keris Indonesia has been recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia.

Keris is a dagger stabbing weapons group (pointed end and sharp on both sides) with a lot of functions known cultures in the western and central parts of the archipelago. The shape is distinctive and easily distinguishable from other weapons because it is not symmetrical at the base is widened, often winding blade, and many of them have the prestige (the fibers of bright metal layer) on the blade bar. In the past kris serves as a weapon in a duel / combat, as well as complementary offerings objects.

Currently, the use of the keris more as complementary ornaments in traditional dress. As a product of culture, a dagger contain certain noble values ​​the maker culture symbolized in various parts of the keris. In addition, the keris is also rife become collectibles are assessed in terms of aesthetics.

Wayang Indonesia

55 Wayang Indonesia

Wayang telah diakui oleh UNESCO sebagai daftar perwakilan Warisan Budaya Takbenda dari Indonesia pada tahun 2008. Wayang adalah salah satu seni pertunjukan rakyat yang masih banyak penggemarnya hingga saat ini. Pertunjukan wayang dimainkan oleh seorang dalang dengan menggerakkan tokoh-tokoh pewayangan yang dipilih sesuai dengan cerita yang dibawakan.

Cerita-cerita yang dipilih bersumber pada kitab Mahabarata dan Ramayana yang bernafaskan kebudayaan dan filsafat Hindu, India, namun telah diserap ke dalam kebudayaan Indonesia. Dalam setiap pegelaran, sang dalang dibantu para swarawati atau sindhen dan para penabuh gamelan atau niyaga, sehingga pertunjukan wayang melibatkan banyak orang.

Di Indonesia, Wayang telah menyebar hampir keseluruh bagian wilayah Indonesia. Jenis-jenisnya pun beragam yang  diantaranya adalah : Wayang kulit Purwa, Wayang Golek Sunda, Wayang Orang, Wayang Betawi, Wayang Bali, Wayang Banjar, Wayang Suluh, Wayang Palembang, Wayang Krucil, Wayang Thengul, Wayang Timplong, Wayang Kancil, Wayang Rumput, Wayang Cepak, Wayang Jemblung, Wayang Sasak (Lombok), dan Wayang Beber.