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Batik is the traditional Indonesian art of decorating and dyeing fabrics, and Yogyakarta is one of the most well known hubs. Batik fabrics are unique pieces of art created by drawing motifs on the ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The 11-year-old Nanda Yoga Pratama needed only one hour to finish painting batik motif on a 40x100-centimeter fabric. The competition was part of Batik Festival held by Banyuwangi ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Not everyone knows that Magelang actually produces batik. It has some unique patterns as they picture local myths and tales on the fabric. Magelang batik pioneer, Kelik Subarjo, ...

Jantima Sukmetta, 52, gradually unfolds a batik fabric. It has distinguished colours of golden yellow and brown, the naturally dyed colours from turmeric and leaves of khonthi (beach vitex). The ...

Yang Fang shows tools for drawing batik patterns at home in Danzhai County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 28, 2019. Batik, a craft inherited through generations among the Miao ethnic group ...

Beautiful, handcrafted fabrics collected by President Obama's mother are on display at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. The late Ann Dunham began purchasing the hand-dyed textiles when she lived ...

Batik is not just a patterned fabric product, but also a symbol of culture, creativity, ancestral heritage and national pride. One of the efforts to preserve this batik culture is to introduce it to ...

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SUBANG: The Asean gala dinner tonight will see leaders dressed in something distinctly Malaysian: custom-made batik shirts, tailored for each head of government and state, sewn by local hands. But ...

GUIZHOU, Nov. 7, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Batik, a craft inherited through generations among the Miao ethnic group in southwest China's Guizhou, has a history of more than 2,000 years. Danzhai County is a ...