THE MEANING AND FUNCTION OF KLITIKAN SINTOK MOTIFS IN CYNTOK BHATIK

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