In the eyes of many, fabric scraps are merely leftover pieces of textiles with little value. In reality, these remnants can ...

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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 ...

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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Various Indonesian batik clothing and fabrics featured at the Indonesian Pavilion at the 2019 Apparel Textile and Footwear (ATF) Trade Exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa, on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...