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Batik Tulis in Giriloyo
Giriloyo, Bantul, Yogyakarta
89
Ibu Tatik hands you a canting and a beginner's cloth, and after an hour you understand why hand-drawn batik is priced by the week.
Mixed 4h
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craft · cultural · farming
Giriloyo
The story
Giriloyo's makers work in cooperatives of a dozen women, drawing wax by hand for weeks per cloth. After the 2006 earthquake the village rebuilt around teaching, which is why classes here are run by makers rather than resellers.
Culture
Javanese village etiquette and court-derived batik motifs, some reserved for particular occasions.
Local people
Batik makers, rice farmers and students; most households combine the two first.
Food
Gudeg simmered overnight, tempe from the neighbouring hamlet, sweet Javanese spicing.
Crafts
Batik tulis in natural and synthetic dyes; canting drawing taught on beginners' cloth.
Nature
Rice plains at the foot of the Imogiri hills, with royal graveyard forest above.
Experiences here
culinary
Gudeg From Scratch in a Bantul Kitchen
Bantul, Yogyakarta
87
Young jackfruit, teak leaves and six hours on a wood fire. Ibu Tatik's kitchen starts the night before, and so do you.
Low tourist intensity 5h
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