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Introducing Indonesia to French Society through a Batik Painting Workshop - DIPLOMATIC CORNER

To introduce Indonesia to French society and as one of a series of activities for the 70 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Indonesia and France, on December 5, 2020, The Indonesian Embassy in Paris organized a Batik Painting Workshop which was hosted by Erlina Doho, an Indonesian painter who lives in France.

Remembering, it is still in a semi-lockdown situation, the Workshop took place in a hybrid, offline and online manner with a total of 18 participants.Almost all of the participants, who never visit Indonesia, seemed enthusiastic and enjoyed the process of painting on canvas of various Indonesian batik motifs such as Kawung, flower, Garuda,and Parang. In the workshop, it was also explained that in these batik motifs, there is a high philosophy as part of Indonesian culture that is inherited by the ancestors.

The Batik Painting Workshop is also part of the Creative Indonesia Program which will take place in Paris from December 2020 to January 2021. This agenda showcases products with high design value and creativity for furnishings, decorations, fashion and handicrafts, works of contemporary Indonesian designers. Creative Indonesia is organized by the Indonesian Embassy in Paris in collaboration with ITHEMBA Design Ethik, a boutique in the Viaduc des Arts Paris area.

Starting from painting batik, the Indonesian Embassy in Paris invited participants to get to know Indonesia and visit it later after the pandemic. At the end of the event, the participants enjoyed Indonesian culinary delights: batagor, martabak and black sticky rice porridge from the Indonesian Restaurant “Bornéo à Paris”.