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For centuries, craftspeople from Southeast Asia to West Africa have used wax resist dyeing to create textile designs of stunning complexity and rich, durable color. To this day, traditional batik ...

PATTERNS of various motifs produced with the canting hand-drawn technique on high-quality fabrics such as natural silk makes Malaysian batik more charming and elegant than stamped batik from other ...

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Plain, mono-coloured clothing with little print on them is the most concise way to describe my fashion style. That also describes KITA MADE’s T-shirts to a tee (pardon the pun), as the startup sells ...

In contrast, the production of genuine batik is more time-consuming, involving artisanal techniques like stamping or hand-drawing, with the resulting products referred to as batik cap (stamped batik) ...

The 1-Malaysia campaign appears to be in full swing. Opinions differ: some good, some bad. But we have to admit that finally more and more people are starting to realise that Malaysia is really a ...

A number of Madiun regency servants wearing batik in the framework of National Batik Day at Madium, East Java on Wednesday (2/10). ANTARA/Siswowidodo TEMPO.CO, Surakarta - Batik producers protest the ...

GEORGE TOWN, May 4 (Bernama) -- The northern zone MADANI Rakyat 2024 programme at the Sungai Nibong festival site near here helps the Prisons Department promote batik art produced by inmates. An ...