Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Batik of Obama’s Mother Dresses Up Exhibition

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Batik of Obama’s Mother Dresses Up Exhibition

The Jakarta Globe

An exhibition in Jakarta featuring the batik collection of the US President Barack Obama’s mother was officially opened in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Speaking at the occasion, Maya Soetoro, Obama’s half-sister, said their mother, Ann Dunham, collected batik as part of her efforts to understand Indonesian culture. Dunham passed away from ovarian cancer in 1995.

Maya said their mother had told them that culture was a good way to build international relationships.

The exhibition features Dunham’s collection of batik from Yogyakarta, Solo and Pekalongan in Central Java; Indramayu and Cirebon in West Java; and Madura, East Java.

The exhibition will also display the collections of first lady Ani Yudhoyono and Go Tik Swan, a renowned batik designer from Central Java.

A fashion show of batik dresses designed by Agus Susastro, an Indonesian designer living in New York, was the highlight of the opening.

Ani, who officially opened “The Batik Essay, a Collection of Love Stories” at Grand Indonesia mall, said batik — recently proclaimed by Unesco as Indonesian cultural heritage — was a medium for understanding the nation.

“Through this expo, one can picture a story of someone who loved batik very much,” Ani said, referring to Dunham.

Ani also recalled that when she was a child, her mother, Sunarti Sri Hadiyah, the wife of the late Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, introduced her to various batik designs and taught her how to choose certain designs for certain occasions.

Ani said she was proud of her mother and her role in preserving the tradition found in batik.

Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu, said on Monday that the exhibition was to welcome Obama, who spent part of his childhood in Indonesia.

“This is a symbol of the US partnership with Indonesia as well as Mr. Obama’s appreciation of [our culture],” she said, as quoted by VIVAnews.

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