The earliest compelling evidence indicating how batik was once worn is a copiously illustrated manuscript entitled Serat Damar Wulan (MSS Jav 89) presented to the library of the East India Company ...
On a damp December morning in the mountainous district of Ambarawa in Central Java, a woman in an inky black sleeveless vest and gathered skirt balances herself on the back of a motorbike that carries ...
JAKARTA -- As prices and labor costs of industrial parks are surging in the Jakarta metropolitan area, more clothing makers are now shifting their attention to Indonesia's Central Java Province as the ...