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WNI di Bern, Swiss, merayakan Hari Batik Nasional (Dok. KBRI Bern/Mohammad Budiman Wiriakusumah)
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VIVAnews - Batik Days on October 2 yesterday was not only celebrated by the people of Indonesia in the country, but also abroad. One of them is a citizen in Switzerland while wearing batik gathered in front of parliament.
In a written statement to VIVAnews, Information Officer, Social and Cultural Embassy in Switzerland, Mohammad Wiriakusumah Budiman, said that the event was held on Tuesday afternoon local time. Wiriakusumah said, citizens have come from various places like Canton, Fribourg, Vaud, Jura, Solothurn and Bern.
"According to Fifi Afiana the coordinator action in Indonesian batik day, the event was a spontaneous event as an expression of their pride will batik as 'World Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity', and also an expression of gratitude that Batik Indonesia has been widely known and used the Swiss , "Wiriakusumah said in a statement.
Excitement citizens of Indonesia is also the subject of attention of tourists and citizens of Bern, who was in court downtown Bern. Local residents were curious finally asked about ongoing activities. This opportunity was used by the people of Indonesia to promote Indonesian Batik.
"Embassy Bern alone in 2010 has been set as the Embassy Batik, even at the beginning of last September in collaboration with the Museum der Kulturen Basel, Jakarta Textile Museum batik training that gets rave reviews from the citizens of Switzerland," explains Wiriakusumah.
"School Musical 1,2,3 in Zion (the city in the canton of Valais, Switzerland speaking French) has also expressed its willingness to actively participate in a Cultural Ambassador to introduce batik to students and the general public," he added. (eh)