Batik, the art of creating flamboyant patterns on cloth using wax, is no longer an Oriental tradition. Think of Batik, and the psychedelic seventies come to mind: the Flower Power era, when blooms ...

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 ...

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The "Let's Batik" (Ayo Membatik) workshop is held by the Indonesian Embassy in Moscow every Saturday throughout September. Doc. Indonesian Embassy in Moscow "This batik exhibition and workshop which ...

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