Aceh actually does not have a tradition of batik like Javanese society in general, but on earth Serambi Mecca has a batik product that most likely brought by the migrants from Java Island before. Since the era of the previous kingdom the people of Aceh have known and put on batik in their social activities, but there is no certainty of time or year or historical record that clearly describes the arrival of the Javanese to Aceh. Before we discuss batik aceh, it's good if we know in advance the city of aceh in outline. The Special Region of Aceh is one of the special provinces in Indonesia located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra and is also the westernmost province of Indonesia. The province with the capital city of Banda Aceh has a population of about four million five hundred thousand people according to data from the official website of the Aceh government. Geographically, the province of Aceh is located between 95 ° - 98 ° south latitude and 2 ° - 6 ° north latitude with an average height of about 125 mdpl with an area of 5,677,081 ha. While the boundary of Aceh, the south is directly adjacent to the Province of North Sumatra, north-east bordered directly to the Strait of Malacca, and the west by the Indian Ocean.
Batik Aceh is not just a batik cloth with all the beauty that follows. Each batik cloth aceh batik in every batik motif contained the meaning and philosophy of life that became the wisdom of local culture and life guidelines for the people of Aceh. Some of the motives of Aceh Batik include, wind motif motif, Aceh door motifs, batik motifs jeumpa, batik cloud meucanek motif, batik rencong motif, batik motifs clouds, gayo, and batik motifs pucok reubong. Here is a detailed explanation of each aceh batik motif. The Pintu Aceh batik motif illustrates a measure of relatively low door height, representing an Acehnese personality that is always humble and has a chest or patience. If we look through the traditional house of Aceh, in general the traditional house has a relatively low door, but in it there is a room large enough or spacious. If we associate with the philosophy of traditional houses of aceh, then we can conclude that the people of Aceh have the personality and customs that are not easily open with the outside community but become impressed full of warmth like sodara ksasara already familiar to each other.
