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It is in the core activity of International Batik Week 2009. It includes batik exhibiton, traditional (hand-made) production process visualization, and the outcome products of small enterprises supported by bis ones. The most important thing is it is a media for promotion from the producers to the consumers. They are:

• Local and International Batik Producers
• Small and Medium enterprises and Cooperative
• State Enterprises and Government Institutions
• Banking and Finance Institution
• Private Companies
• Batik Collectors & Designer
• Company Association
• Batik Organizations & Batik Lovers

Culinary Street Party

It is actuallu a folk party to enjoy varieties of tempting Indonesian foods and snacks from hundreds of food hawkers around Pekalongan city, Central Java and other areas in Indonesia

Business Forum / Batik Seminars & Dialogs

The important agenda is to find solutions to the problems concerning batik industry in Indonesia and the world’s market and also to try to supply production factors with the right strategy in this global economic crisis. We are inviting local as well as international experienced speakers.

Art and Cultural Party

This activity is mean to entertain visitors and tourist with unique central java tradition music performances, campur sari, java langgam and puppet shadow play (wayang kulit). It will create a relaxing atmosphere that will become a magnificent tourism attraction in Pekalongan city.

Batik Decorated Vehicle Parade & Fashion on the Road

This new agenda will become a unique tradition of Pekalongan city. Hundreds of batik decorated vehicles like cars, horse drawn carriage (andong), three- wheeled pedicab (becak), motorcycles, bicycles-along with marching band, traditional dancers, followed by fashion batik show by local and national models and designers will surely enliven this parade. There will be also the breaking of MURI record for batik clothes worn and batik decorated houses all over Pekalongan city.

Batik Design, Painting AND Decorating Competition

In order to provide a media for painting and designing batik fans, there will be a batik painting and designing competitions for the folks of Pekalongan city for elementary, junior high and senior high school students, as well as entrepreneurs and key officials.

Batik Demo and Making Batik Canting ‘Tulis & Cap’

To familiarize the people to making of batik of high art quality and to help them understand the beauty of batik, there will be a discussion and demo of the making of exclusive expensive batik using canting and cap. This activity will involve the batik makers and canting entrepreneurs. They will also show how to make canting.

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