Few to participate in batik contest<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA: Yogyakarta is slated to host the second
\nInternational Batik Festival on Sept. 4, 2002, with fewer
\nparticipants than last year.<\/p>\n
The chairman of the festival's organizing committee Ardiyanto
\nPranata said here on Friday that the committee had registered
\nonly about 40 displays that would be contested during the day-
\nlong festival.<\/p>\n
"Last year we received almost 100 batik entries for the
\ncompetition," said Ardiyanto, adding that the material that would
\npass the first selection to join the competition could be even
\nfewer than 40 because some of them might fail to fulfill the
\ncompetition's requirements.<\/p>\n
The first step of the selection would include whether the
\nbatik is made on silk, using natural dyeing agents and uses the
\nYogyakarta style in their motifs. Each of the works would consist
\nof a piece of silk batik cloth of 2.5 meters long and another
\npiece of silk batik scarf of free size and form.<\/p>\n
According to Ardiyanto, the difficulty of making of "ceplok"
\nmotif could be behind the reasons why fewer participants were
\ntaking part in the biennial batik competition.<\/p>\n
"Besides, there had also been different interpretations among
\nbatik artists and makers over what exactly ceplok motif of
\nYogyakarta style batik should be, as there is no single
\nsourcebook on it," he said. --JP<\/p>",
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