Batik

[Luis Fok]

a way of printing patterns on cloth by covering the design with wax and coloring the cloth that does not have wax on it with dye

[Britney]

A method (originally used in Java) of producing colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed.

[Julian]

Is a thai decoration thecnique that is used in coloring [fabrics] by applying wax layers over the zones that wont be coloreated and coloreate the others.
Its used in India, [Sri Lanka], Iran and Thailand and is considered as an [Intangible] heritage of mankind.