Another adventure I went on in March was to take a Friendly Planet tour to Malatsia!
I've always wanted to visit the island of Borneo. It is a land of so many interesting animals, habitats and people.
I thought my Fabric Friends might be interested in seeing some of the beautiful fabrics that are made in Malaysia! Here are some sarongs hanging on washing lines outside a traditional long house. They are very worn but still they hold their color and pattern. The sign of real Batiks!
This one has more of a chinese influenced design and the one below is a more traditional design to Malaysia and Indonesia.
Both men and women wear Batiks in a wrap around fashion called a Sarong. It's about 2 meters of fabric.
Women wear the sarong full length or as a skirt like the women on the lower right.
I'll share pix of some of the fabrics that I collected next time.
Cheers, CW
ohh I would love to see more of those fabrics ... though I have to admit I wouldn't know what to do with them except look/stare/squint at them ...
ReplyDeleteFun time exploring! What an adventurer you are!!
ReplyDeleteThe batiks are beautiful. thanks for bringing me some samples. I can't wait to cut into them!
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