Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Precision and patience: Painting batik patterns on fabrics requires precision and patience, using ink made of hot liquid wax.

It was in 2013 that the government named Jarum village in Bayat district, Klaten, Central Java, a batik tourism village. Around 80 artisans producing handicrafts with various batik patterns live in ...

Batik design style fabrics have been around for years and were a popular pattern for clothes in the 70s. As with most craft trends, this one is coming back around again and batik print fabrics are ...

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 ...

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GUIZHOU, Nov. 7, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Batik, a craft inherited through generations among the Miao ethnic group in southwest China's Guizhou, has a history of more than 2,000 years. Danzhai County is a ...

Yang Fang draws batik patterns at home in Danzhai county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Oct 28, 2019. Batik, a craft inherited through generations among the Miao ethnic group in southwest ...

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, ...