Exhibition: "A Life in Batik. From the Sultan's Palace to the Villages of Java"

Activity   It consists of a collection of Indonesian batiks, all of which are unknown, and that recover the traditional techniques with vegetable dyes of the region of Jogjakarta. It includes more than 1400 drawings, some of which are inscribed in the millennial bas-relief of the Hindu Buddhist temples and on the walls of the mosques north of the island of Java. 

Organizer   Centre de Documentació i Museu Tèxtil of Terrassa in collaboration with Casa Asia

Starts on   01/12/2009

Ends on   26/09/2010

Venue   (From the 1st of December 2009 to the 28th of February 2010)
Centre de Documentació i Museu Tèxtil de Terrassa
c/ Salmerón, 25
Terrassa

(From the 7th of March to the 18th of May 2010)
Museu de l'Estampació de Premià de Mar
c/ Joan XXIII, 2-8
Premià de Mar

(From the 6th of June to the 26th of September 2010)
Museu d'Arenys de Mar. Museu Marès de la Punta
c/ de l'Església, 43
Arenys de Mar

Additional information   Through a tour around different stages in the life of a Javanese, related to batik, from their birth to beyond. UNESCO has officially added Indonesian Batik to the immaterial cultural heritage of humanity.

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