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Batik
Beautiful handmade batik textiles are among the most popular craft products sold on Bali for tourists. Every batik pattern imaginable is available. You even see Balinese-made batik clothing on Java now because it has gained popularity with the great number of Javanese tourists who visit Bali. The batik available on Bali includes block prints and hand-painted batik. Intricate hand-drawn designs (batik tulis) are more expensive than simpler designs created with stamp blocks (batik cap). The colors on block-printed batik are soft and only printed on one side, while the colors on batik tulis (true batik) are much richer and equally vibrant on both sides of the cloth. Each of these styles can be printed on any quality of cotton. Usually batik is displayed in three or four rows with the finest quality items on the top row. One can definitely feel the difference between the fineness of a top row piece and a bottom row piece. Although every Balinese wears batik, few produce batik cloth on a large scale. Each day women wrap a length of batik around their waist like a skirt, and men wear batik with a plaited tail that almost touches the ground in front (usually only to religious events). |
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