Where is Yogyakarta?

Yogyakarta is a city located in south-central Java, within the Yogyakarta province. Yogyakarta city is known as a center of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, music, and puppet shows. It is also famous as a center for Indonesian higher education.

Batik Parang Curiga

Batik Parang Barong

Batik Tirta Teja / Parang Teja

Flowers bouquet with zigzagged water lines as background.

Batik Parang Rusak

Parang Rusak (english: defective big knife) is a traditional batik pattern from Yogyakarta. It is visualized as many defective parang (big knife) with diagonally format. Yogyakarta batikers used to colorize it in brown & white.