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Yoruba batik is a centuries-old traditional textile art form, which is native to the Yoruba people of Nigeria. The art of ...

This fabric art form dates back centuries. Batik is as much an art form as it is a textile application. While it is a ...

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 ...

In one form of batik-making popular on Java, artisans apply wax to fabric with pointillist precision, dripping the dye-resistant liquid from a narrow copper vessel. The patterns they create abound ...

IN his effort to preserve cultural heritage through fashion, Wan Zakaria Wan Abu Bakar, 43, now owns nearly 1,000 batik ...

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).

JAKARTA -- If I had to choose a favorite textile, and a favorite place to admire its infinite forms, it would be Indonesia's traditional batik in Thamrin City, a windowless multilevel market in ...

Solo, Indonesia – Gunawan Setiawan is the fourth generation of batik makers and sellers in his family, and hails from the historic royal city of Surakarta, or Solo, in Central Java which is also ...