Crafts

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  Hand-Drawn Batik

  Cloth decorated with hot wax applied freehand using a canting — a small copper-spouted tool — then dyed and boiled to remove the wax, one piece at a time.

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  Gamelan Instrument-Making

  The forging and tuning of bronze percussion instruments for the gamelan ensemble, done by hand using traditional methods.

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  Joglo

  Traditional Javanese timber architecture with a stacked roof and post-and-beam structure assembled without nails.

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  Keris

  A double-edged asymmetrical dagger forged from layered iron and steel, prized for its pamor pattern and considered to hold spiritual power.

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  Ikat Weaving

  A weaving technique in which threads are bound and dyed before being woven, so the pattern exists in the yarn before the cloth takes shape.

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  Songket Weaving

  A woven textile decorated with supplementary gold or silver threads inserted between the weft during weaving.

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  Jepara Wood Carving

  A wood-carving tradition from Jepara producing relief panels and furniture with exceptionally fine ornamental detail.

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  Shadow Puppetry

  A shadow-play performance art using carved and painted buffalo-hide puppets, performed by a single puppeteer called a dalang.