Batik is most highly developed in Indonesia, particularly on Java. The two main types here are batik tulis (written batik) and batik cap (stamped batik). Clothes with machine-printed batik patterns also exist but don't really count as batik.

A good site with lots of information on batik (some illustrations but not enough) is at: http://www.expat.or.id/info/batik.html

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