EIGHT years ago, Jijim Yuana attended a batik course in Jayapura. While accompanying her husband who worked in Timika, the woman from Solo, Central Java, started to make batiks. “In the past, I didn’t sell too many with the Papuan motif,” said Jijim, a businesswoman selling Papuan batik.

The batik that Jijim produced was sold around her neighborhood. However, during the first year there was not much of a response. So Jijim started particip