Batik An Indonesian batik The Indonesian president Joko Widodo and Paspampres agents wearing batik shirts Batik ( Javanese pronunciation: [ˈbateʔ] ; Indonesian: [ˈbatɪk] ) is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a canting ( IPA: [ʈ͡ʂantiŋ] , also spelled tjanting), or by printing the resist with a copper stamp called a cap ( IPA: [ʈ͡ʂap] , also spelled tjap). The applied wax resists dyes and therefore allows the artisan to colour selectively by soaking the cloth in one colour, removing the wax with boiling water, and repeating if multiple colours are desired. A tradition of making batik is found in various countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Philippines and Nigeria; the batik of Indonesia, however, is the ...