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Batik pattern: Alas-alasan

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This batik pattern is called Alas-alasan, living in the wild. There are all kinds of various forest animals depicted, including horses, tigers, buffaloes, dogs, monkeys, fish, birds, caterpillars and so on. All these animals found on this pattern are more or less stylized. The animals are depicted in brown on a dark blue background. The border is called Ombak banyu cecek and consists of a white wavy dotted line with small white crosses.
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Title: Batik pattern: Alas-alasan
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This batik pattern is called Alas-alasan, living in the wild.
There are all kinds of various forest animals depicted, including horses, tigers, buffaloes, dogs, monkeys, fish, birds, caterpillars and so on.
All these animals found on this pattern are more or less stylized.
The animals are depicted in brown on a dark blue background.
The border is called Ombak banyu cecek and consists of a white wavy dotted line with small white crosses.

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