BATIK SEBAGAI IDENTITAS KULTURAL BANGSA INDONESIA DI ERA GLOBALISASI

This research aims at finding out the reason why Indonesia tries hard to make Batik as Indonesian Cutural Heritage. It also aims at revealing and explaining as well the importance of identity in globalization era. This research uses inductive research to explore the intended phenomenon and finds the way to anticipate it. The method of the research is descriptive qualitative. The primary source of data derived from Indonesian batik where as the secondary data come from the books, journals, and virtual sources. The type of data are words, phrases, clauses, sentences, narration. The researcher employs library research and note-taking technique to collect the data then put them into particular domain. The researcher employs hermeneutic approach to find out the history of Batik in Indonesia. Then, the researher finds out the elements which support Batik as Indonesia cultural heritage. The researcher tries to find out the relation between Batik and globalization which finally culminate in cultural identity