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#JOURNEEBATIK101 Batik as Cultural Heritage: Daily wear (ENG)

Written by Amanta Ong

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Posted on July 14 2021

As we know, batik is glorified in Indonesia because it is a world cultural heritage recognized by UNESCO since 2009. Indonesia certainly should be proud of this, and a pride in making batik as daily clothing, from the past until now. Not only in Indonesia itself, other countries also love batik, and use batik as daily clothing. How did batik become everyday clothes?


  • Used As Uniforms in Schools (For Teachers and Students)
  • Batik is used as a uniform for various institutions. One of the most common institutions using batik is the school. Usually the batik uniform is used one to two times a week. Maybe you are wondering, what is the purpose of making batik as a school uniform? The reasons are to continue to preserve culture, and introduce batik to the younger generation.

  • Mandatory Clothes for Workers
  • For office workers, batik is a must-have work outfit. Some offices even have batik uniforms for their employees. Indeed, not all offices have rules for wearing batik clothes on certain days, but of course it has become very common to wear batik clothes to the office. If Journee Ladies are confused about what batik to wear to the office, JOURNEE has a variety of batik choices that can answer your needs, and of course it will look pretty on you.

  • Official’s Daily Wear
  • Batik is very often used by officials (government workers). It is very common to see them wearing batik. For example, during meetings, during visits to the community, official events, and it seems almost every day we can see officials wearing batik. Mr. President is one of the best examples, we often see him wearing batik at various events, right?


    Do you like wearing batik? Let's share your opinion about batik as a world cultural heritage!