Sri Lanka Batik industry
The Batik industry in Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ බතික් කර්මාන්තය) is a traditional industry engaging in producing distinctive wall paintings/curtains and garments such as sarees, shirts, sarongs, lungis and beachwear well-suitable for tropical climates. The majority of batik production is carried out by small and medium-scale business holders based in home industries in the country (Wijayasenarathne & Thushari, 2022). Batik as an industry Batik was introduced as an industry to Sri Lanka in 1960 by a lady named Soma Udabage who learned about it in Indonesia in 1959 (Ruwanpathirana, 2012). Following her, several people including Vipula Dharmawardena, Ena de Silva, and Keerthisena took into batik designing (Ruwanpathirana, 2012). The Batik industry reached its peak in the 1970s and had good appeal mainly from tourists visiting Sri Lanka (Ruwanpathirana, 2012). However, the industry started to decline when the Sri Lankan government adopted open economic policies and allowed the fr…
