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Today is Batik Day for Indonesians … in UN Climate Talks in Bangkok

By Agus Sari

Bangkok – in no other day Indonesians are easily identified in a suit-clad international diplomatic circles as today.  Today, October 2, 2009, is the day when the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaims Batik to be an Indonesian “intangible cultural heritage.”  As such, in quite a bottom-up manner, Batik is worn... »