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Everything about Batik and Various Types of Batik that You Need to Know

Indonesia has a variety of distinctive traditional products. One of the traditional handicraft products from Indonesia is Batik. What is Batik? Batik is a traditional Indonesian product originating from Javanese ethnicity. The origin of the naming “Batik” comes from the Javanese word “amba” and “point”, which means writing dots. In essence, Batik is the art […]

Get to know Ludruk art as a traditional Indonesian culture

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Indonesia has a variety of traditional cultures. One of the various Indonesian cultures is Ludruk. Ludruk is a traditional drama art from East Java. Ludruk is a traditional drama performed by an art group that is performed on a stage by taking stories about people’s daily lives, stories of struggle, and so on, interspersed with […]

Getting to know the Punakawan character’s Petruk in Javanese puppetry

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Petruk is a figure of punakawan in Javanese shadow puppet art, on the part of the Witaradya lineage. Petruk is not mentioned in the Mahabharata of India. The existence of this figure in the puppet world is an original composition of the Javanese people. In the realm of Pasundan (West Java), Petruk is better known […]