Batik of West Borneo

Pontianak, West Kalimantan 

Pontianak, West Kalimantan is a province in Indonesia, located on the island of Borneo. The total area of West Kalimantan Province is 146,807 km ² (7.53% of Indonesia). Is the fourth largest after Papua province, East Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan. West Kalimantan is one area of ​​the province dubbed "A Thousand Rivers". The nickname is in line with the geographical conditions which have hundreds of large and small rivers that often sailed. West Kalimantan land borders with the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. A small part of West Kalimantan region is a marine, but the West Kalimantan has dozens of large and small islands (most uninhabited) scattered throughout the Karimata and Natuna Sea bordering the region of Riau Islands Province.

Batik of West Borneo 

 

Since batik as one of the world heritage by UNESCO on 2 October 2009, the fashion typical of Indonesia continued to writhe. Various types of batik from different regions of the archipelago are increasingly showing its beauty, including batik Kalimantan which has a typical pattern area.

Typical motifs and Variatif

So far, with batik motif wood carvings from Java is more widely known. In fact, the island of Borneo is also a style that is no less enthralling. Every province in the island has variations of the name and motif. Call Batik Sasirangan (South Kalimantan), Batik Yarn Spot (Central Kalimantan), Batik Pontianak (West Kalimantan), and Batik Shaho (East Kalimantan). Each of these batik motifs have distinctive. Reflect each region with ethnic nuances of each. In general, batik Borneo has the colors are beautiful and attractive eyes. Bolder color like shocking pink, green highlighter, bright red, orange, and so on. His motives were varied form Mandau (typical weapon Dayak tribes), hornbill / Tingang (Borneo Eagles), Batang Crisp (symbol of life for the Dayak community stems), and Balanga. Giving images a sense of culture and traditions of the Dayak tribes, native tribes of Borneo Island.

Example :

• Yarn Spot Batik from Central Kalimantan. The main motive of the stem crisp or tree of life. There also are patterned balarit pirated, and pirated kakalawit motive. Batik motifs characteristic of Central Kalimantan, is a fusion style of sculpture, paintings and woven rattan is polished in such a way so as to create a variety of motives. A cursory look, Batik Yarn Spot does not look like batik in general. His motives tend to be simple, lines and points that characterizes batik, not too obvious. In contrast, decoration or ornamentation found on the shields on hats typical Dayak "Seraung" looks striking.

As for Shaho batik, batik is typical of East Kalimantan, adopted many motifs from the Dayak tribe, such as the Dayak Dayak Kenyah and Shaho. Have bright colors, like red, black, green, yellow, and blue. For patterns varied motives, among them the statue and shield.

Batik Making

Not much different with batik-making in general, the process of making batik Kalimantan through several stages. Patterned, dicanting (name of one of the tools to make batik), in color until the dyeing process, and so on. It's just different in terms of color and pattern and style are simple, which is patterned "kawung" soga or brown color. This process produces batik is often referred to as Batik Kelengan, not blue but brown.

Following the drafting process:

• Mori labeling

Taste done with one simple kinds of paraffin wax hars (Gondo) or also known as wax wasps. This is a process that requires precision. Fallacy in this section will be fatal to the next process.

• Menyoga

The next step is extracted (added) dyes from plants. Dyeing done repeatedly until you reach the desired color and fairly within sight.

• Dilorod

End process of making batik Borneo, in the form of removal of all wax is inserted into the boiling water. Wait until all the wax from the fabric apart. After it cooled (dianginkan-aired).

Some Examples of Borneo Batik

West Borneo Batik Fashion