"Twenties" is a new column that offers The Jakarta Post's top 20 of everything under the sun, from history to pop culture and food to lifestyle. Batik, one of Indonesia’s most beloved icons and a ...

Disability did not stop Andika Indra Saputra, 30, and Agus Rizkianto, 23, from leading an independent life. Saputra was born with cerebral palsy and Rizkianto is deaf. The two make a living creating ...

Mr Diohan Bin Mond Sani (picture), 26, was one of eight people with cerebral palsy who received coaching for batik painting from established local artist Kamal Dollah at Cerebral Palsy Alliance ...

As Indonesia’s traditional icon, batik has shied away from embracing technology for hundreds of years. This has resulted in a slow pace of development of batik, as most craftsmen create batik based on ...

Flower pattern: Batik sablon cannot be mass produced but compared to printed batik the patterns are far less monotone. Flower pattern: Batik sablon cannot be mass produced but compared to printed ...

SINGAPORE – The Peranakan Museum’s latest exhibition, which presents about 200 heirloom batik textiles and accompanying objects such as accessories, zooms in on three Chinese Peranakan women from the ...