Traditional is something old. That's on our mind, especially for most of the teenager who do not know what traditional exactly means. On the other hand, there must be figures who excessively love, keep, and try to preserve that thought, behavior, and concept(re:traditional).
Who should be blame then if we lost our tradition as the effect of such treats?
Should we blame this era that has changed to be modern?
Why don't we replace the idea of something old to something historic?
History must be learned and preserved, mustn't it?
Frankly speaking, ones who should be blamed is our-own-self. We don't have to address the question "why", we should realize that what we have done so far toward our tradition is gradually decrease our feeling toward our tradition. It might not be for all Indonesian people, but the majority of it. Blaming someone or even everyone doesn't make a change at all. What we have to do is learning and preserving, and these are quite difficult to do. Moreover in this globalization era in which the science and technology have control over the world, for instance, the process of making "batik" or we can say "batik tulis."
Who doesn't know batik? It is a world culture, isn't it?
There are so many kinds of batik exist in Indonesia from almost every island that has their own motifs and characteristics. But, unfortunately the tradition of "batik tulis" has gradually changed to printed batik, and I think that it decreased the essence of batik itself, although by that we can enjoy the product in the lower price. Yet, I hope that it will not hurt the "batik tulis" maker's feeling. And, we as the devotee of our culture have to love either printed batik or batik tulis.
Who says that batik is an old fashion?
If you said that batik is an old fashion, you are totally wrong. It might be your thought that is not broad yet. We have to see that nowadays batik is much more than modern, not only the old generation who picks batik as their clothes, but also the young generation started to wear batik. I have seen many public figures proudly wear batik in their daily life, either in the formal or non-formal situation.
By wearing batik in our daily life, we spread love, we help our nation in promoting our traditional culture, we deliver our tradition goes international and become an admitted culture in the world. Be proud of our traditional culture, be proud of Indonesia! Let us love our culture, let us love batik, let us love what have made with love.
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