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Art of batik-making

A woman and teenagers draw motifs on fabric at a batik workshop in Pakis village, Malang, East Java, on Monday

The Jakarta Post
Tue, February 20, 2018

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span class="inline inline-center">A woman and teenagers draw motifs on fabric at a batik workshop in Pakis village, Malang, East Java, on Monday. The home industry employed teenagers and housewives to produce batik. They were paid Rp 25,000 (US$1.75) for each piece of drawing on the fabric. The batik was sold to Jakarta, Makassar and Balikpapan for up to Rp 1 million each. (JP/Aman Rochman)

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