The event, designed by Ambassador Nana Juliana, also included a music session with the angklung, an ancient instrument made of bamboo, and a tasting of typical dishes of Indonesian cuisine to share the cultural richness of this nation of nations, the head of mission told Prensa Latina.
The diplomat introduced participants, including officials from the Cuban Foreign Ministry and the Institute of Friendship with the People, to the iconic traditions of Indonesia, an archipelago consisting of 17,000 islands that is home to more than 500 ethnic groups.
Part of a diverse culture, batik, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2009, is an artisanal technique for dyeing fabrics onto which wax is applied. It is native to the island of Java.
The applied wax makes it colorfast, allowing craftsmen to specifically color the fabric by soaking it in a dye. Remove the wax with boiling water and repeat the process if you want to paint it with multiple colors.
The Angklung has also been a UNESCO World Heritage instrument since 2010 and is native to the Sunda or Sundanese people who live in West Java. It is made of bamboo tubes attached to a frame made of the same wood. Depending on the width of this is the tone.
Between sessions there were demonstrations of Nusantra dance, a colorful artistic expression typical of Indonesia.
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