Abstract
Batik is a work of art of the Indonesian people whereby its beauty is known to the world. Regarded as traditional craftmanship, the design and manufacturing process requires high creativity. Realizing its potential, attention has been given into the establishment of batik as an artistic product as well as to signify the embellishment of its motifs towards commercialization. This paper discusses about Cyntok Batik, a newly established batik designs inspired by a place named Sintok within the state of Kedah. Cyntok batik reflects the creativity of the designers that blends together the socio-cultural and natural identity to create a typical regional batik. The batik design with the name "Klitikan Sintok" is one of the works of batik art developed based on typical fauna found in Sintok, Kedah particularly. The motif was inspired by native crops within Sintok vicinity, namely Sintok staples and bougainvillea flowers. the investigation of the significance and purpose of the batik design work "Klitikan Sintok" aims to determine the meaning and function content of the work. "Klitikan sintok" batik design contains the functional values with embedded meaning in the composition of the motifs and conformity with the characteristics of Kedah, as well as the content of its philosophical meaning.
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