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› › The Forbidden Designs in Batik Yogyakarta The Forbidden Designs in Batik Yogyakarta By on • ( ) Batik designs reflected traditional values, histories and cultures, so do Batik Yogyakarta designs. Some of the patterns were forbidden to be used by commoners because there were special for the royalty, some of them were forbidden to be used by certain kingdom family because it shown degree of the hierarchy of the kingdom family.

Every designs has its own meaning. Wearing right pattern in the right time by right people is very important in Yogyakarta, especially in kingdom family. Although in these days we can find all of these forbidden patterns and wear them, but better to know closely about the historical and beautiful meaning of the forbidden batik designs.. Kawung Pattern This can be the oldest pattern of batik. It depicts cross-section of aren-palm fruits and shows the seeds and center if the fruit. It also looks like a four petals blossoms simplified of lotus which means of purity.

In other reference, the pattern can be evolved from fish scales. Garena Gca Hack. The pattern is very simple because based on the repeating of squares, oval, rectangular, and star.. Kawung is part of ceplok design which in Javanese has a meaning as the belief of the people in a structured universe with a center of the universe in the center of the kawung.. Parang Pattern A sword pattern, implies the power and the grown, and was worn by the rulers. It believes that someone who wear this batik design will has the magic power to destroy the flaw.

Parang means broken dagger or keris, a traditional sword in Java. Keris has superpower to make the owner as a winner in the war, to brought good luck to unfortunate and to heal the sick. More bigger the parang pattern, more high the class of the worn.. Parang Rusak Pattern We have discussed about this design in this blog 🙂 This pattern is about 15 cm for each parang and just can be worn by King. Every single line in this written batik must be drawn in one breath, this need high concentration so the line will not be separated.. Cemukiran Pattern Cemukiran batik depicts lotus that shows power of the owner and the worn. Cemukiran usually borders a plain color of centerpiece called modang.

This modang uses by kingdom family. Modang Cemukiran. Sawat Pattern Sawat shows “big wings” of garuda bird. Garuda, according to legend is as bird-like creature has body and leg as a man but has beak and talon as an eagle.

Garuda carried Wisnu (Hindi God) to the heaven. “Sawat” in Javanese has a meaning as “strike”. Although Yogyakarta is from Islamic Mataram Kingdom, but it is influenced by Hindi and believes that Gods has a power to take care the universe. One of the Gods, Batara Indra, has a weapon called wajra or bajra which strike to the devil as a thunder. Wajra is a snake with big wings, scared all of Batara Indra enemies. Even Wajra is scary but also bring life as a rain.

That’s why Batara Indra’s weapon depicts as a hope that the one who wear it will get protection in his life.. PS: interesting fact that Garuda is the emblem of Indonesia and Indonesia build a huge statue Garuda Wisnu Kencana in Bali. This statue, if finish:p, will be bigger than Liberty in USA. Check this out:. Udan Liris Pattern or “light rain” combines a variety of designs and natural of shapes with diagonal lines.