 Batik is also popular in the neighbouring countries of Singapore and Malaysia . It is produced in Malaysia with similar , but not identical , methods to those used in Indonesia . Prior to UNESCO 's recognition and following the 2009 Pendet controversy , Indonesia and Malaysia disputed the ownership of batik culture . However , Dr Fiona Kerlogue of the Horniman museum argued that the Malaysian printed wax textiles , made for about a century , were quite a different tradition from the " very fine " traditional Indonesian batiks produced for many centuries . 
