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  2. Batik in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Coastal batik or batik pesisiran is produced in several areas of northern Java and Madura. In contrast to inland batik, coastal batiks have vibrant colours and patterns inspired by a wide range of cultures as a consequence of maritime trading. [20] [23] Recurring motifs include European flower bouquets, Chinese phoenix, and Persian peacocks. [24]

  3. Batik - Wikipedia

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    The colours are usually lighter and more vibrant than the deep-coloured Javanese batik popular in Indonesia. The most popular motifs are leaves and flowers; Malaysian batik often displays plants and flowers to avoid the interpretation of human and animal images as idolatry, in accordance with local Islamic doctrine. [66]

  4. Hmong textile art - Wikipedia

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    Hmong women at a market in Sapa, Vietnam. Hmong Textile Art consists of traditional and modern textile arts and crafts produced by the Hmong people.Traditional Hmong textile examples include hand-spun hemp cloth production, basket weaving, batik dyeing, and a unique form of embroidery known as flower cloth or Paj Ntaub in the Hmong language RPA.

  5. Malaysian batik - Wikipedia

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    Malaysian batik is batik textile art in Malaysia, especially on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia 42% from Kelantan, 36% from Terengganu and 22% from Pahang). The most popular motifs are leaves and flowers. Malaysian batik depicting humans or animals are rare because Islam norms forbid animal images as decoration.

  6. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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    They hoped that these much cheaper machine-made imitations could outcompete the original batiks in the Indonesian market, effecting the look of batik without all the labor-intensive work required to make the real thing. Prévinaire's attempt, part of a broader movement of industrial textile innovation in Haarlem, was the most successful.

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    From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Enrique Hernandez, Jr. joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 22.4 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.

  8. Super Bowl 59: Top 10 storylines includes the Chiefs as ... - AOL

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    Tom Brady in the booth. When 130 million or so people turn a game on their televisions, the broadcast itself is a story. Especially when it includes Tom Brady, Fox's $375 million announcer.

  9. Batok - Wikipedia

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    Tattoos are known as batok (or batuk) or patik among the Visayan people; batik, buri, or tatak among the Tagalog people; buri among the Pangasinan, Kapampangan, and Bicolano people; batek, butak, or burik among the Ilocano people; batek, batok, batak, fatek, whatok (also spelled fatok), or buri among the various Cordilleran peoples; [2] [3] [11] and pangotoeb (also spelled pa-ngo-túb ...