Philip Boas : The Other Story of Batik's artist

The assessment of listening and speaking for daily conversation class is interviewing with a native speaker. I with three of my friends (Erlin, Fitri and Putri) tried to search a native speaker in some places in Yogyakarta. The first place was in Taman Sari Water Castle Yogyakarta, I met Team from Liverpool England, the second place was in Vrederburg bastion, I met Joia Döerjinio from the north of Italia. But from both of them, I didn’t get some interesting topic, because the time was not so well to make interview, they were also little busy. 

Mr. Team and Miss Joia

 

Finally, I contacted my friend, he is foreign people who has been staying along in Jogja. His name is Philip Boas from Netherland. I know him because he was my client when I worked at TMC. I also often communicate with him by text message or e-mail. I made appointment with Mr. Philip to make an interview time. He didn’t agree that I will come to his house in a village, because he keeps sounds of neighbor that think negatively about him. So, he suggested coming to my home at 10 o’clock at morning at January 9^th 2012.

Museum Batik Yogyakarta

Selayang Pandang

Sejak dikukuhkannya batik sebagai salah satu warisan budaya tak benda atau intangible cultural heritage of humanity oleh UNESCO pada 2 Oktober 2009 di Abu Dhabi, keberadaan batik sebagai salah satu kain tradisional khas Indonesia semakin diapresiasi oleh masyarakat luas bahkan masyarakat dunia. Batik tidak hanya menjadi pakaian yang dikenakan dalam pertemuan-pertemuan resmi, melainkan sudah merambah dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Tak hanya di kantor-kantor maupun sekolah-sekolah, di mall maupun tempat-tempat wisata kita juga kerap menemukan orang berpakaian batik.