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Obama's mother batik to be displayed in New York
Lilian Budianto , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 05/22/2009 5:35 PM | National
Indonesian consulate general in New York will organize an exhabition of traditional clothes of batik that belonged to US President Barak Obama's mother in July, says a top diplomat.Indonesian Consul General in New York Trie Edi Mulyani said on Friday there were around 40 pieces of batik of Ann Dunham, Obama's mother who married to an Indonesian and spent five years in the capital city of Jakarta, that would be exhibited.
"Besides those belonged to Obama's mother, we are going to exhibit a number of batik that belonged to first lady Ibu Ani," she said in Jakarta.
She said the batik collection were kept by Obama's step sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, after her mother died.
The exhibition is a part of a roadshow in the United States with the first has been held in Chicago this month.
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