Among songs, dances, traditional East Asian cuisine and cultural performances, the three-day ASEAN Festival at Katara also brought with it the world-famous Indonesian Batik. Dozens of people learnt ...

Batik is an ancient Indonesian textile art characterized by its intricate patterns created using wax resist dyeing techniques ...

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Happy Eid Al-Fitr to Muslims around the world. On May 1, adherents of Islam celebrated this Islamic holiday as a day of victory after a month of fasting. Indonesia has the most Muslims in the world ...

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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 ...

The usual dark suits of diplomacy gave way to pattern and colour when Singapore’s and Malaysia’s political leaders met on Dec ...

The annual show East Java Fashion Harmony last month was held at Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java, Indonesia. Korea's Gyeongsangnam-do Province collaborated with East Java as sister ...

A Filipino enterprise, Barong Batik weaves Philippine ingenuity with Indonesian artisanship to create a striking product of Asian fashion fusion JAKARTA, Indonesia – Want a colorful Barong Tagalog for ...

One of Indonesia’s most highly developed art forms, batik has been around for a long time but is not at all out of fashion. Everyone wears it, from the aristocrats participating in an evening event, ...