Sigi Regency in Central Sulawesi is far more than a residential area; it is a landscape rich in noble values and local wisdom ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-- Decorative batik clothing has long had its place as Malaysia's official national costume. But today, the eye-catching patterns of the age-old design method have reached new ...

Barely six months after it began, a small batik stamping workshop in Felda Hutan Percha has quietly grown into a source of pride for the local ...

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Indonesians were urged by their president to wear batik clothes on Friday to celebrate a victory in a bitter cultural feud with their neighbour, Malaysia. An Indonesian model wearing an outfit ...

Inhaling the strong scent of boiling wax, I stepped inside a house where elderly women were busy transferring the scalding substance onto fabric. In that house in Ciwaringin, Cirebon, West Java, they ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Various Indonesian batik clothing and fabrics featured at the Indonesian Pavilion at the 2019 Apparel Textile and Footwear (ATF) Trade Exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa, on ...

For some, wearing kain batik lepas is considered complicated as it requires time and specific techniques to drape it properly ...