The Excitement Of Visiting The Bromo Batik Market In The Middle Of The 2023 Mount Bromo Jazz Celebration

JAKARTA - The Bromo Batik Market is one of the attractions for Bromo tourists who attended the 2023 Mount Bromo Jazz music festival which took place in the Java Bromo Soul on July 21-22 yesterday.

Sigit Pramono as the founder of Mount Indonesia Jazz as well as the initiator of the Bromo Batik Market has the initiative to preserve batik from various regions during the music event on Bromo.

Our efforts are actually a way for us to preserve batik. Because batik in some areas is old, it can be endangered, including this Rifaiyah batik," said Sigit Pramono in a written release received by VOI on Sunday, July 23.

Batik Rifaiyah from Batang, Central Java is one of the batik displayed. Visitors are introduced to Rifaiyah batik and the original batik artist directly.

Dudung Alisjahbana, known as the Indonesian batik maestro, stated that this effort to preserve Rifaiyah batik could save all batik in Indonesia. He said Indonesian batik should be part of the world's citizens.

"Currently, UNESCO has inaugurated batik from Indonesia. Well, that's not enough, batik must become a citizen of the world and be used by all other citizens. Therefore, through the Mount Jazz event involving foreign tourists, we introduce it," said Dudung.

Visitors are also offered to participate in three activities in the Bromo Batik Market. Local and international visitors can shop for batik, visit the Afifah Batik House, batik workshop and talk together to preserve Rifaiyah batik.

The series of Mount Bromo 2023 Jazz events that raise local ethnicity are expected to expand Bromo tourist destinations. Not only enjoying sunrise views, tourists can also explore jazz music and traditional batik tourism.