In batik tulis, the artisan traces hot liquid beeswax-and-paraffin resist onto mordanted mori cotton using a bamboo-handled copper canting reservoir on both faces of the cloth before immersion in soga bark and indigo dye vats. 1
Inscribed by UNESCO in 2009, classical motifs such as parang rusak, kawung, and mega mendung mark life-cycle ceremonies from infancy wraps to royal court attire. 1
