batik patterns

the pattern batikRagam pattern and the color is influenced by various Batik foreign influence. Originally, batik has a variety of shades and colors are limited, and some features can only be used by certain circles. But the coastal variety of batik absorbing outside influences, such as foreign traders and also at the end, the invaders. Bright colors like red popularized by the Chinese, who also popularized the phoenix pattern. The European imperialists also took a keen interest in batik, and the result is the pattern of previously unknown bebungaan (like tulips) and also the objects brought by the colonizers (buildings or carriage), including also their favorite colors such as blue. Traditional Batik retaining Parameswara converted, and is still used in ceremonies of indigenous peoples, because normally each pattern has the symbolism of each.