UNESCO recognizes the Pekalongan Batik

Pekalongan Batik soon get recognition from the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Chairman of the Pekalongan Batik Lovers Paguyuban, Fatiyah A. Kadir said, recognition of UNESCO from the Pekalongan Batik is scheduled to be done in October 2009.

Proposed batik craft to get recognition as a world cultural heritage is done through the long process. The academic requirements of the script such as batik and support from the government must be prepared properly. batik proposal is not based on the value motifnya but estetikanya. "People, especially Indonesia Pekalongan City should be maintaining the aesthetic value of batik," he said as was published on Monday (8 / 6).

Rusdiyanto one of the batik craftsman, the craftsman is optimistic the recognition of UNESCO to make Batik Pekalongan known world