While their menfolk were at sea, madurese women made batik at home; this is the familiar story about Madurese batik. Despite its uniqueness, Madurese batik is less popular than that of other regions, probably due to a lack of promotion. Madurese batik cannot, however, be separated from Madura's culture and geographical nature. This small island east of Java is a vast, barren land of white limestone rocks with a notoriously hot climate, often held to blame for the traits associated with the Madurese of coarse language and up-front manner. These are somehow shown in the boldness of the batik colors and the directness of the motifs. Madurese batik-makers are also known for their free style when drawing motifs. They rarely use templates or fixed pattern, so in the process they have developed unique detailing. The motifs are descript an expression of fauna like birds, and flower-like coffee blossoms. The motifs are also a description of things like flower bouquets they knew from the Dutch, or a banal object like a piece of fermented shrimp paste. The batik usually incorporates strong colors like vibrant reds, brown, deep greens and matte black. Batik Madura is displaying beautiful, hand-painted batik produced by villagers from Tanjungbumi in Madura, a famous batik area in the island.