From Sarong to Sari: Rabindranath Tagore and the Batik of Java

From Sarong to Sari: Rabindranath Tagore and the Batik of Java

Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre Upper Fort Street, Sydney

Following his 1927 visit to Indonesia, Rabindranath Tagore - the great Indian writer and
artist - introduced the technique of Javanese batik to West Bengal. It evolved into a
significant cottage industry, nowadays practised by several thousand people. The talk will
be illustrated with batik saris made at Santiniketan in West Bengal.

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