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MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) will tap Mary Jane Veloso to teach fellow persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) how to weave Batik, a skill she learned while incarcerated in ...
The blue and white batik garment from Java, covered in peacocks on trees, mimics a Chinese ceramic. Hanging on the wall as part of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco’s exhibit, “Weaving Stories,” ...
GUIYANG -- Wearing a blue dress, 37-year-old Yang Chenglan sits quietly by the window of a stilt building. The legends and totems of the Dong minority group are turned into various blue and white ...