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TEMPO.CO, Solo - Renowned batik producer Batik Keris displayed its most recent batik collection at the Diamond Convention Center in Solo on Saturday, May 25. It showed off various blooming spring ...

Batik, a technique of dying fabrics using a wax-resistant technique, has been part of the archipelago’s rich culture for hundreds of years. The technique can be found throughout Indonesia, and many of ...

Jantima Sukmetta, 52, gradually unfolds a batik fabric. It has distinguished colours of golden yellow and brown, the naturally dyed colours from turmeric and leaves of khonthi (beach vitex). The ...

From Solo and Pekalongan in Central Java, Yogyakarta to the northern Java coast and other batik-producing regions in the country, two batik maestros have invented what is known today as Indonesian ...