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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 ...

Explore how batik, as a common language, plays a significant role in Singapore's diplomacy and strengthens cultural ...

Though the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose challenges, batik artisans still stand true, come hell or high water. Like many events and celebrations this year, the annual Batik Day is likely to be ...

Batik is traditionally linked to Java, but batik clothing today weaves together Indian, Chinese and Malay elements to create a distinctly South-east Asian cultural heritage, said local fashion ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - To know batik better, especially why premium batik cloth can cost millions of rupiah for a cloth measuring around 1 by 1.5 meters, the first thing is to recognize the definition of ...

It is early morning in Giriloyo, Yogyakarta, and a group of women are busy drawing motifs on white cloth in an open gazebo. Next to them are buckets of liquid wax that they will melt on a small stove ...

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 ...

From panda to shuttle to ping pong to even Facebook diplomacy, there are many different kinds of diplomatic practices that aim to inform, entertain and bring two nations closer together. There is now ...