Mantra enchanted Pekalongan Batik
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Bak fungi in the rainy season, craft centers and batik shops mushroomed, crowded township. Away from the glamor, but still powerful mantra.
Pekalongan, a small town area of 836.13 km2 beautiful with great potential as a producer of batik. Monuments batik canting and become an ornamental landscape, can be found in every corner of the districts in Central Java Province. No more reason to ignore the charm of the Batik Million State on track this coast.
I started the trip with a division of Marketing Director General of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Sapta Nirwandar RI - numbering more than 300 people, consisting of actors Capital tourism promotion, including journalists - from Gambir railway station, Jakarta. We boarded the train tour the archipelago, which coupled with a train tour of Bali as well as a series of executive train Argo Muria. Archipelago tour train equipped couch, pillow, one bedroom, dining room, mini bar, toilets, and audiovisual equipment. True - true melenakan. Travel Jakarta - Pekalongan over five hours was brief, because we were chatting while watching a karaoke and DVD Laskar Pelangi.
Menjejakan feet in Pekalongan, the atmosphere was pleasant simplicity and get rid of tired. HM Mayor and Deputy Mayor Basyir Ahmad H. Abu Al Mufachir friendly welcome at our home office a stylish classic. After lunch, we walk to the Museum Batik on Jalan Jetayu No. 1, which is only about 100 m from the house of the Mayor Office. In the museum area of 600 m2, the group split up. Some right-wing menjajali boutiques in and start hunting batik products that exhibit a wide expanse of batik from the Archipelago and the color motif.
Although the building occupies a classic made in 1906, but the museum which was inaugurated by President SBY, three years ago, this does not exude the impression obsolete. Conversely, the showroom is designed with a contemporary atmosphere, until all the heirloom artwork exhibited precisely menyemaikan admiration and pride. Starting from the batik works of the famous Wong Kalongan Jlampang typical motifs, also Batik Kraton of Solo and Yogtakarta complexion, and Banyumas, Kebumen, Purworejo, Cirebon, Pekalongan, Lasem, and Madura.
The trip continues towards Kampoeng Kauman Batik. Sentra kearajianan and batik shops are mushrooming in this village. Although far from glamorous impression, but the village of batik, which consists of dozens of this gang that holds a spell power enchant tourists snaggup. Besides us, passing tourists looked berwajag Bulen and oriental. Bebrbelanja spirit ignited by the diversity of batik batik products dibandrol relatively affordable price, within a short time succeeded menggembol four large bags containing dozens of batik products. "For by-by." He snapped.
The next day, we explore the village in the district Wiradesa batik. Do not simply chasing abtik products, we also tested the mini Kerta, around the township to a stop at the workshop space. Interested in making "batik-batikan," of which the of the night we tried menggoraskan through canting on the fabric. Abstract scratches, spontaneously invited laughter. It has been three hours passed. It's time to move, emlanjutkan trip to the wholesale center of batik in Sentono, and led to the train station, Pekalongan, back to Jakarta by train tours. Arriving at home, I got an SMS from Hani, reads, "Alamak, one grocery bag left on the train batikku!"
LOGISTICS: Transportation: All major executive class train Jakarta - Surabaya pp stopped at a railway station in Pekalongan. Tip: Students and the public can follow a brief practice at the Museum Batik batik. Website: www.museumbatik.kotapekalongan.go.id. Lodging: Hotel Nirwana, Jl. Dr. Wahidin 11, Pekalongan, Phone: 0285-422446; Gren Mandarin Hotel Jl. Dr. Soetomo, Phone: 0285-4416523; Hotel Jayadipa Jl. Raya Baros 29, Pekalongan, phone: 0285-424938.
By VEGA Probo
National Geographic Traveller Indonesia
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Bak fungi in the rainy season, craft centers and batik shops mushroomed, crowded township. Away from the glamor, but still powerful mantra.
Pekalongan, a small town area of 836.13 km2 beautiful with great potential as a producer of batik. Monuments batik canting and become an ornamental landscape, can be found in every corner of the districts in Central Java Province. No more reason to ignore the charm of the Batik Million State on track this coast.
I started the trip with a division of Marketing Director General of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Sapta Nirwandar RI - numbering more than 300 people, consisting of actors Capital tourism promotion, including journalists - from Gambir railway station, Jakarta. We boarded the train tour the archipelago, which coupled with a train tour of Bali as well as a series of executive train Argo Muria. Archipelago tour train equipped couch, pillow, one bedroom, dining room, mini bar, toilets, and audiovisual equipment. True - true melenakan. Travel Jakarta - Pekalongan over five hours was brief, because we were chatting while watching a karaoke and DVD Laskar Pelangi.
Menjejakan feet in Pekalongan, the atmosphere was pleasant simplicity and get rid of tired. HM Mayor and Deputy Mayor Basyir Ahmad H. Abu Al Mufachir friendly welcome at our home office a stylish classic. After lunch, we walk to the Museum Batik on Jalan Jetayu No. 1, which is only about 100 m from the house of the Mayor Office. In the museum area of 600 m2, the group split up. Some right-wing menjajali boutiques in and start hunting batik products that exhibit a wide expanse of batik from the Archipelago and the color motif.
Although the building occupies a classic made in 1906, but the museum which was inaugurated by President SBY, three years ago, this does not exude the impression obsolete. Conversely, the showroom is designed with a contemporary atmosphere, until all the heirloom artwork exhibited precisely menyemaikan admiration and pride. Starting from the batik works of the famous Wong Kalongan Jlampang typical motifs, also Batik Kraton of Solo and Yogtakarta complexion, and Banyumas, Kebumen, Purworejo, Cirebon, Pekalongan, Lasem, and Madura.
The trip continues towards Kampoeng Kauman Batik. Sentra kearajianan and batik shops are mushrooming in this village. Although far from glamorous impression, but the village of batik, which consists of dozens of this gang that holds a spell power enchant tourists snaggup. Besides us, passing tourists looked berwajag Bulen and oriental. Bebrbelanja spirit ignited by the diversity of batik batik products dibandrol relatively affordable price, within a short time succeeded menggembol four large bags containing dozens of batik products. "For by-by." He snapped.
The next day, we explore the village in the district Wiradesa batik. Do not simply chasing abtik products, we also tested the mini Kerta, around the township to a stop at the workshop space. Interested in making "batik-batikan," of which the of the night we tried menggoraskan through canting on the fabric. Abstract scratches, spontaneously invited laughter. It has been three hours passed. It's time to move, emlanjutkan trip to the wholesale center of batik in Sentono, and led to the train station, Pekalongan, back to Jakarta by train tours. Arriving at home, I got an SMS from Hani, reads, "Alamak, one grocery bag left on the train batikku!"
LOGISTICS: Transportation: All major executive class train Jakarta - Surabaya pp stopped at a railway station in Pekalongan. Tip: Students and the public can follow a brief practice at the Museum Batik batik. Website: www.museumbatik.kotapekalongan.go.id. Lodging: Hotel Nirwana, Jl. Dr. Wahidin 11, Pekalongan, Phone: 0285-422446; Gren Mandarin Hotel Jl. Dr. Soetomo, Phone: 0285-4416523; Hotel Jayadipa Jl. Raya Baros 29, Pekalongan, phone: 0285-424938.
By VEGA Probo
National Geographic Traveller Indonesia
