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Special Region of Yogyakarta as a city of Education on October 23, 2014 has been named the World Batik City, by the World Crafts Council (World Craft Council / WCC), in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China. This coronation as well as an award will admit it as a work of traditional Indonesian batik, which has become an integral part of a Yogyakarta high artistic value. Besides, the establishment of the World Batik Yogyakarta as the City by the World Crafts Council raised hopes for batik artisans in a number of centers in Yogyakarta batik craft to increasingly develop their region into a tourist village-based craft of batik. The development is expected to boost the economy during this batik artisans who rely only income from the sale of batik. Dusun Plalangan Pendowoharjo Village is one of the District of Sleman batik artisans Sinom Parijotho locations in Sleman with the number reaching 20 batik artisans artisans belonging to groups Ayu Arielle batik. Determination of Hamlet Plalangan as batik center in Sleman make a problem for the group. These problems result from 1). unpreparedness crafters to have a regional or batik showrooms integrated, 2). The inability of artisans in developing regional master plan, 3). Potential inability of artisans in mapping and planning the development of the region. Therefore people need assistance through a program of strengthening human resources, and strengthening the potential exploration area

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