Batam, Riau Island
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| Bridge Balerang Riau, Batam |
Riau Islands is one of the major cities in Sumatra. Communities in the Riau Islands consists of various ethnicities and cultures, but the hallmark of a culture that is very thick in Riau Island is Malay. Riau is the largest business centers in the region of Sumatra, Riau is because very close to the neighboring countries of Singapore, Riau therefore often used as the object of the visit of tourists from Singapore. Of the various potential possessed by the surrounding Riau Riau Province Government in 1985 took the initiative to try to cultivate that revival of batik began to be abandoned. With spearheaded by the mother Dra. Hj. Septina Primawati Rush, MM., He invites the batik batik to redevelop this by using a new pattern in the design and the colors are more brighter.
