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| International UMM students practice printing Batik motifs (Photo : Istimewah) |
Fascinated by Indonesian batik cloth, Aminata Yamama Dawo, an international student at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM), studied how to make batik. The student, born and raised in Sierra Leone, West Africa, started getting to know batik after joining one of the batik programs organized by the Indonesian Language Institute for Foreign Speakers (BIPA) UMM a few months ago.
As she is known, Aminata admitted that he liked the colors and patterns in batik cloth. The making itself is unique and exciting. At first, making batik was difficult for Aminata. It happens because the process required to make batik cloth is very long. In addition, the steps that must be taken are also countless.
“I have difficulty drawing patterns and small details. However, thanks to the help of one of the staff at LPK Batik Soendari, I could continue working on my batik smoothly,” said the management graduate student.
Furthermore, Aminata said that although the time for making one batik cloth was very long, the batik program organized by BIPA UMM was relatively short, only one day. Therefore, he wanted to learn more about making batik outside the BIPA program.
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"I want to keep learning how to make batik so I can introduce batik to people in Sierra Leone when I return. Besides that, I also want to make many batiks and make them into clothes. Then I will do business in cloth and batik clothes when I return to Sierra Leone," said the student born in 1986.
Apart from studying written batik, Aminata also studied stamped batik. According to him, this batik is relatively more straightforward because it only stamps batik motifs. Even so, he must adjust the pattern so that the resulting batik looks excellent and beautiful.
Aminata also said that she also wanted to know about other cultures in Indonesia. one of his desires is to be able to cook traditional Indonesian foods such as rendang, "Nasi Padang, and also Nasi Pecel. "I love learning about new cultures. Moreover, Indonesia has a lot of culture and customs that I never knew before. I hope I can learn a lot while studying at UMM," concluded Aminata ending. (cdr/syi/wil)
