Despite the rain and a dip in temperature, visitors continued to flow into tent where the fashion show would be held and along the food stalls that sold typical Indonesian snacks. The event itself was held at the Consulate General Melbourne.  Accompanied by traditional music, Kawanua Melbourne dancers opened the event with Tumatenden Dance from North Sulawesi. Little Josephine then sang “Ibu Kita Kartini" (Our Mother Kartini), accompanied by angklung, traditional bamboo music, which was performed by the ladies from Dharma Wanita Persatuan (DWP).  As the chit chat ..

Let’s talk about batik stamp or batik cap or batik tjap (Traditional Indonesian writing). The Indonesian word ‘cap’ directly translates to ‘stamp’ in English. A rather unfortunate translation as one could easily be mistaken that we are talking about postal stamps with batik pattern applied on it if we aren’t careful. So no, you can’t send your mail with batik stamp. And it does not mean the batik pattern is simply stamped like a hot transfer paint job either. Just like the traditional batik tulis or written batik, batik stamps are created through a wax-resist method. In this case, wax is ap..

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Why Batik? We get this question a lot. Let’s face it. Most of you will come to know batik from your trips to Bali and Jogjakarta markets. Batik would probably come to your sight in the shape of fun dresses, sarongs and the odd handbags. Oh but that's not all! There's so much more to Batik than what meets the eyes.  However, before we dig into the why, let’s level-set our understanding of what Batik truly means. Simply put, Batik is a technique to apply colours and patterns on fabric. Batik is a resist-dyeing method that uses wax to prevent dye from reaching all parts of..