The Yogyakarta municipality administration has announced a plan to build a batik monument in the city, Mayor Herry Zudianto said on Friday.
The monument will be built on Jl. Malioboro near the Gedung Agung Presidential Palace.
"Inside the monument will be a room for batik makers to create and sell batik.
"This monument will emphasize not only our gratitude for the world's recognition of batik, but also that batik is Indonesia's cultural heritage," Herry said.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially declared Indonesia's batik as world heritage during a ceremony in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Friday.
Indonesia had competed against other batik producing countries, like Malaysia, to be included in UNESCO's world heritage list.
"When I was in Kinabalu, Malaysia, the mayor told me that Indonesia's batik was too beautiful in comparison with their kind of batik," Herry claimed.
Earlier that day, hundreds of civil servants in Yogyakarta rallied for a parade, wearing batik, walking around the city's major streets.
The city administration has ordered all civil servants to wear batik from Oct. 1 to Oct. 3.
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