Batik is a traditional textile from Indonesia. It is an ancient art ... in a Batik sling when they are babies, wearing Batik uniforms to school, wearing Batik clothes to attend formal events ...

She sank to the floor, dipping her hands into two wooden chests filled with antique Indonesian textiles. In one chest, Ms. Komara recently recalled, were batik designs from the island of Java ...

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 ...

It’s probable that certain batik styles spread from Indonesia throughout Malaysia ... but the fabric is easier to create, more uniform, and thus less expensive than hand-drawn Batik Tulis.

the Indonesian Museum of Records (MURI) presented an award to SMP Stella Duce 1 junior high school in Yogyakarta for being the first school to use batik uniforms designed and made by its own students.

Batik can be cheap, when it is just a daster (house dress), or a school uniform your son wears every ... to celebrate UNESCO’s decision to recognize Indonesian batik as an “Intangible Cultural ...

High school students touring Asia Society's galleries in New York in 1971 absorb the art of Indonesian batik-making. (Asia Society) During the 1971-1972 season, Asia Society's Asia House Gallery, as ...

(Jakarta) – The Indonesian government should better enforce a revised state school uniform regulation to protect girls and women from being required to wear the hijab, Human Rights Watch said today.

Batik is a traditional Indonesian dying used in patterns and drawings, typically on fabric and finished textiles. Mangroves play an important role for Indonesia's natural environment, serving as ...

The Indonesian cloth batik has gone from being used in traditional ceremonial costumes to mainstream fashion items. Following batik's soaring popularity, other types of Indonesian cloths have also ...