THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC INDONESIA LAUNCHED FIRST AMERICAN BATIK DESIGN COMPETITION
WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011

The Ambassador of the Republic Indonesia to the United States, Dr. Dino Patti Djalal, launched First American Batik Design Competition on Friday, April 8, 2011 at the Washington Marriot Wardman Park Hotel. The competition aims to globalize and promote batik, a material with unique pattern that traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique.

The launching which was attended by around 300 guests showcased Batik Fashion Show featuring Denny Wirawan, a young and talented Indonesian fashion designer, as well as batik exhibition prior to the launching. There was also a video presentation and a talk about the history of Indonesian batik, which since 2009 has been inscribed by UNESCO as the representative list of the intangible cultural Heritage of Humanity from Indonesia. It was also in 2009 when the Indonesian President, Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono, declared October 2 as a Batik Day and encourages all Indonesian to wear Batik on that particular day. With this official recognition, the Ambassador stated "it is a time for us to go into the next step on how to globalize batik".

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