Batak entrepreneur strives to uphold legacy of community’s traditional hand-woven shawl
DURING a recent trip to the Batak Highlands in North Sumatra with my family, I spent some time in the capital city of Medan shopping for ‘ulos’, which are the renowned Batak hand-woven shawls, to bring back ho
IT takes a village to raise a child. The phrase conveys the message that it takes a collective body of people belonging to a given socio-cultural space to provide a safe, healthy environment for children, where children are given the security they need to develop and flourish, and to be able to real