Malang Tourism
The workers in Kampung Batik Turi Blitar are Housewives
Housewives who live on Turi Street, Sukorejo, Blitar City are used to batik crafts. Blitar Government is inaugurated
Penulis: Samsul Hadi | Editor: Adrianus Adhi
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The turi flower motif is taken from the name of the urban village. The koi fish motif is a characteristic of Blitar City as a producer of Koi fish. In addition, craftperson also make other batik motifs, such as kendang jimbe , hibiscus, and star fruit. A number of motifs are also typical or characteristic of Blitar City.
"The main characteristic of batik in this Batik Turi Tourism Village was the motif of Turi flower and Koi fish.For example, we made a batik Kendang Jimbe motif and also we still gave the motif of Turi flower and Koi fish," he said.
According to Eti, the price was still affordable. He sold batik starting at Rp. 130,000. The products were sold on media online. He mentioned, "We hoped that this batik tourism village could become a batik learning place for Blitar Citizen”.
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Translator : Sarah
