PIKIRAN RAKYAT – The art of batik in Indonesia is more than just colored fabric, it is a cultural heritage that embodies the beauty and depth of philosophy passed down from generation to generation.

Through batik, a painstaking process of hand-drawn wax design and dipping dye, traditional Indonesian cloths are bathed in rich color and patterned with plumes of flora, fauna and abstract design.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Every morning, Salomina Mallo sits by a large sheet of cotton cloth with a canting, or a spouted batik etching tool, in hand. She then carefully draws dots and patterns with wax on ...

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JAKARTA -- If I had to choose a favorite textile, and a favorite place to admire its infinite forms, it would be Indonesia's traditional batik in Thamrin City, a windowless multilevel market in the ...

Comfortable shop: Shopping in Kampung Batik Trusmi is really comfortable. The batik fabrics are sold at varying prices, according to the quality. ( Comfortable shop: Shopping in Kampung Batik Trusmi ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Old Java Batik collections belonging to Annegret Haake and Rudolf Smend are being displayed in an exhibition entitled “Batik-Alte Tradition aus Indonesien” in Schloss Schonebeck ...

The earliest compelling evidence indicating how batik was once worn is a copiously illustrated manuscript entitled Serat Damar Wulan (MSS Jav 89) presented to the library of the East India Company ...