October 2nd : Batik Day

It's already the second day of October.

Yup, October 2nd is the Batik Day

Sidoasih (Yogyakarta Classic Batik)_private collection

The President of Republic of Indonesia with the Keputusan Presiden Republik Indonesia Nomor 33 Tahun 2009 declare that  Oktober 2nd as Hari Batik Nasional (National Batik Day). 

This declaration is based on  UNESCO decision on Fourth Session of The Intergovernmental Committee at Abu Dhabi in Oktober 2nd 2009.  Indonesia Batik  acknowledged as a Representatif List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

  

With this  internasional official acknowledgement to Batik Indonesia, beside increases positif publicity in  internasional forum also growing the love and pride of  Indonesian people to    Indonesia's culture it self.

A stack of my Batik Collection

After the declaration, now many people wear batik in every occasion, formal, informal, even leisure. In my office, we wear batik on Thursday and Friday.

And we proud of it.

 " I love Batik, I love Indonesia " ^^