Indonesian will hold a fashion show in Beijing and Shanghai next April to promote the Indonesian traditional wardrobe, including batik, to the Chinese people.
“We will invite several provinces to organize the fashion show next April,” Rosmalawati Chalid, head of the Socio-culture Section of the Indonesian Embassy to China was quoted by Antara News Agency as saying on Sunday.
She said such traditional attire as batik should not only be seen as a commercial product but as an original Indonesian art work.
The embassy, she said, would also hold an Indonesian Week in Wangfujing, the most popular shopping center in Beijing, next September after the 2008 Olympic Games as an effort to attract more Chinese tourists to come to Indonesia.
“We will invite several provinces to organize the fashion show next April,” Rosmalawati Chalid, head of the Socio-culture Section of the Indonesian Embassy to China was quoted by Antara News Agency as saying on Sunday.
She said such traditional attire as batik should not only be seen as a commercial product but as an original Indonesian art work.
The embassy, she said, would also hold an Indonesian Week in Wangfujing, the most popular shopping center in Beijing, next September after the 2008 Olympic Games as an effort to attract more Chinese tourists to come to Indonesia.
