Monday, August 10, 2009

Batik Exhibition on Washington Museum

Amounting 22 batik cloth of USA president barack Obama mother, Miss Ann Dunham, exhibitioned on Textile Museum Washitong DC on August 9-23, 2009. This exhibition was peak of some exhibition had already done in some city in United States. Republic of Indonesia embassador for USA, Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat said, beside for to thightened Indonesia-US realtionship, this eshibition also to batik promotion as Indonesia heritage. “ Batik not only textile, but more than that. Batik has social, culture value and culture product since some centuries ago,” says Sudjanan in press convention in Mandarin Hotel, Washington DC. About 500 attendants come and watched this culture night with title “Enchanting Indonesia” including Maya Soetoro Ng, President Barrack Obama sister and as heir of her mother batik cloths. Miss Ann Dunham. When Ann Dunham dies, she leave approximately 100 batik cloths that she get when life in Indonesia from 1970s till 1980s.

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