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DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING PROTOTYPE OF 
WASTE VOLUME MONITORING USING INTERNET OF 
THINGS 
Mohamad Fathhan Arief1 and Ford Lumban Gaol2 
1Master of Information Technology 
 Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia 
2Doctor of Computer Science 
 Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia 
Email : 
1fathhan.arief@gmail.com 
2fgaol@binus.edu 
 
Abstract. In Indonesia, especially Jakarta have a lot of garbage strewn that can be an eyesore 
and also cause pollution that can carry diseases. Garbage strewn can cause many things, one of 
her dues is bins are overflowing due to the full so it can not accommodate the waste dumped 
from other people. Thus, the author created a new method for waste disposal more systematic. 
In creating new method requires a technology to supports, then the author makes a prototype 
for waste volume monitoring. By using the internet of things prototype of waste volume 
monitoring may give notification to the sanitary agency that waste in the trash bin needs to be 
disposal. In this study, conducted the design and manufactured of prototype waste volume 
monitoring using LinkItONE board based by Arduino and an ultrasonic sensor for appliance 
senses. Once the prototype is completed, evaluation in order to determine whether the prototype 
will function properly. The result showed that the expected function of a prototype waste volume 
monitoring can work well. 
1.  Introduction 
Waste strewn on the street can be an eyesore and also cause pollution, especially pollution which can 
carry diseases. all those problems existed in Jakarta. Therefore, the author had the idea to devise a 
method of transporting waste more systematic. When creating new method requires a technology that 
can provide the ability to give notification to the sanitary agency that waste in the trash bin needs to be 
disposed, so waste would not be overflow from the trash bin. Given this capabilities, the sanitary agency 
can inform decision more efficiency such as how many human resources and truck should be sent to the 
location, and when the sanitary agency could deploy for disposing the waste in that location without 
disturbing the activities of other people that live in that area. 
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When constructing the waste volume monitoring prototype the author required a platform like the 
internet of things. Internet of things (IoT) is the latest communication model, where objects and tools of 
daily life will be equipped with technology to communicate, and the appropriate protocol that will enable 
them to communicate with each other and the user, which become an integral part of the internet [1]. In 
the recent paper of Harmon said  [2], that IoT can describe the architecture of the integrated system 
between sensors, software, networks, and the appropriate interfaces that will provide real-time 
awareness, process, and knowledge to gather intelligence to be able to make good decisions. IoT will 
encourage the development of applications that has great potential in a wide range of data generated by 
those objects to simplify the use of the old and new services to citizen, companies and public 
administration, with allows easy access and interaction with a wide range of devices. 
The application of IoT can be classified into various types based on network availability, size, 
coverage, and repeatability [3].  
• Smart Home / Smart Building 
• Healthcare 
• Smart Business 
• Utilities 
• Mobile 
• Environmental monitoring 
The focus of this prototype is the internet of things for environmental monitoring and utilities. This 
waste volume monitoring prototype have a capability of sensing and distributing data so they can give 
an information to the sanitary agency, so they can make a better decision to manage their resources. 
In order to make this new system for waste disposal, the author need an IoT platform for its base, In 
this paper the author used Sensor-Cloud Platform [4], this platform aims to manage physical sensor by 
connecting them to the cloud - or can be called cloud computing as a computing paradigm where many 
systems are connected each other, to provide scalable infrastructure of application and file storage [5]. 
And provide services such as automation data retrieval which will be submitted to the cloud to be 
processed and can be part of a resource. 
this paper will explain of developing and evaluating waste volume monitoring prototype. what kind 
of devices and application this prototype used, and then the author will evaluate the function to 
determine whether the prototype will work properly as expected. 
2.  Monitoring of Waste Volume 
In order to conserve the environment, important features were needed to make the environment has a 
degree of autonomy, adjusting to changes in the environment, and communicate with humans in a 
natural way. Automation that can affect the amount of interaction required by the population, as well as 
reducing the consumption of utilities and other potential losses [3][6]. 
In such an environment, waste disposal is important in order to society to live hygienically. To 
safeguard public health and the environment from potential harm because of the delay in disposing the 
waste/garbage, environmental management must be developed and implemented. Waste management is 
an important requirement for ecologically sustainable development in many countries [7]. 
With this kind of technology- waste volume monitoring prototype, will give a lot of advantages Like 
Bashir, A. has written, such as [8]: 
1. Intelligent planning. with the waste volume monitoring technology, sanitary agency can 
schedule the departure for transporting waste [9]. 
2. Business efficiency increases. When sanitary agency can schedule their work, the use of 
resources can be used appropriately [10]. 
3. Increase the quality of life (reducing pollution due to the waste was strewn). With the 
reduction of pollution, the environment would be more comfortable than ever. 
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That point shows that the new method of managing waste in an efficient way may reduce the 
inappropriate use of human resource, time and cost [8][10]. And also by comparing to the conventional 
static scheduling of transporting waste, this system scheduling are said to allow cost reduction, by 
reducing the number of trucks, and manual labor cost [10].  
To create the prototype, the author used one sensor, which is sensor ultrasonic, a LinkItONE board, 
and ubidots application as a server to collect data, analyze and sending the notification. 
2.1.  Ultrasonic Sensor (HC-SR04) 
Just like the authors of [10][11] did, in this paper the author using an ultrasonic sensor. The workings of 
this sensor is automatically send a signal ultrasonic periodically and will detect whether there will be a 
signal ultrasonic that will be reflected back to the ultrasonic sensor, if the sensor receives the reflection, 
the author could mentioned the time signal sent by the sensor until the sensor detects the reflected signal 
is called duration / time. After the authors obtain data duration / time, the author could find the distance 
between waste and ultrasonic sensor using this formula: 
s = t x v 
which, 
t = duration / time (second) 
v = velocity (m/s) 
s = distance (m) 
in this case the author need to use the speed of sound which is 344 m/s, because sensor ultrasonic 
using ultrasonic sound when release a signal. After that the author need to divide by 2 because the sound 
had travel 2 times, one from sensor to garbage/waste, and one more from garbage/waste to sensor. And 
the formula becomes like this: 
s = ( t x 344 m/s) / 2 
2.2.  LinkItONE Board 
According to wiki.seeed.cc [12] LinkIt One is a PCB board made by collaboration of Seeed Studio and 
MediaTek to made a prototype of devices embedded with internet of things. The specifications of 
LinkIt One PCB board are listed on table below. 
Table 1 LinkItONE Specification 
Specification Value 
Dimensions 3.3 x 2.1 inches 
RAM 4 MB 
Digital Output 3.3v 
Analog Input 5v 
DC Current per I/O pin 1mA 
 
2.3.  Ubidots 
According to www.ubidots.com [13] Ubidots is an engineering services firm, specializing in hardware 
and software development for internet of things projects. In ubidots, the data from sensor will be 
analyzed and presented as a line diagram. Ubidots also provide the feature to send SMS and e-mail. 
3.  Metodology 
By using the prototype, the author constructs a new process for new waste disposal method, there are 5 
step for the new method [14][15]. 
Step 1 : Using the ultrasonic sensor to obtain data duration of the round trip of signal ultrasonic to 
the trash and back to the sensor again. This phase will be carried out periodically, so the available data 
will continue to generate real-time data. 
Step 2 : after that, the data of duration receive by the PCB, then the PCB will do the calculation 
process to obtain the distance between the sensor and waste/garbage. 
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Step 3 : Distance data will be received by the ubidots to be managed and processed so it can be seen 
and read by users with ease. 
Step 4 : Then Ubidots will process the distance data to be measured, if the distance data exceed or 
equals to the predetermined value of the limit, it will proceed to the next step, but if it turns out not reach 
out to the predetermined  value, then it will go back to the first step. 
Step 5 : Ubidots will generate notification alert if waste bin already reached the point of full and the 
garbage/waste need to be disposed. 
3.1.  Data Resources 
In this study the author conducted trials using waste volume monitoring prototype that the authors 
created. The data consist of time, distance, and the sent of notification alerts. 3 sessions will be conducted 
trials which have different condition, ie: 
1. At the time when waste bin is empty 
2. At the time when waste bin will be filled with trash periodically until half full. 
3. At the time when waste bin will be filled with trash periodically until reach the limit 
value that have been set. 
Where, the first session will take 30 data based on roscoe said that in the experimental study 
recommended 30 samples or more [16]. As for the trial of the 2nd and 3rd only done 10 times due simply 
to see whether the function of waste volume monitoring are work properly. 
3.2.  Evaluation 
When conducting this evaluation the author has a target whether the waste volume monitoring 
technology would function properly. therefore in this study the author conducted three trials, in which 
trial has a different assessment requirements. 
 In the first trial whether the monitoring waste volume prototype can give the exact distance data as 
expected, by calculating the accuracy of the results using this formula: 
𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦 =  
𝑏
𝑎
∗ 100% 
Where, 
• b is number of correct data 
• a is amount of data from the trial 
The second trial is whether this prototype can give actual distance data in real time. And for the 3rd trial 
the author wanted to know whether the function of notification alert will be sent successfully in 
accordance with a predetermined distance. 
4.  Result 
In this study the author use a container that has a length of 30 cm, width 27 cm, and 36.5 cm high with 
volume of 29565 cm3. In the first trial the author get a result like in the table below: 
Table 2 Result of the second trial 
No. Time Distance of trash with 
sensor (in cm) 
Notification alert 
1 8:00 36.50 - 
2 8:05 36.50 - 
3 8:10 36.51 - 
4 8:15 36.50 - 
5 8:20 36.47 - 
6 8:25 36.50 - 
7 8:30 36.50 - 
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8 8:35 36.50 - 
9 8:40 36.50 - 
10 8:45 36.52 - 
11 8:50 36.50 - 
12 8:55 36.50 - 
13 9:00 36.50 - 
14 9:05 36.52 - 
15 9:10 36.50 - 
16 9:15 36.50 - 
17 9:20 36.50 - 
18 9:25 36.50 - 
19 9:30 36.50 - 
20 9:35 36.50 - 
21 9:40 36.49 - 
22 9:45 36.50 - 
23 9:50 36.50 - 
24 9:55 36.50 - 
25 10:00 36.50 - 
26 10:05 36.50 - 
27 10:10 36.42 - 
28 10:15 36.50 - 
29 10:20 36.50 - 
30 10:25 36.50 - 
From the table above can be seen that, this prototype get the numbers 36.50 cm for 24 times (result 
with red font) from 30 result data, With the height of the container used is 36.50 cm. with the 
calculation of accuracy that have been discussed in the evaluation, this prototype have 80% of 
accuracy. 
In the 2nd trial the author get result like the table below: 
Table 3 Result of the second trial 
No. Time Distance of trash with 
sensor (in cm) 
Notification alert 
1 11:00 36.47 - 
2 11:05 33.38 - 
3 11:10 30.47 - 
4 11:15 28.52 - 
5 11:20 26.49 - 
6 11:25 25.58 - 
7 11:30 24.43 - 
8 11:35 24.43 - 
9 11:40 22.52 - 
10 11:45 23.42 - 
From the table above can be seen that distance from sensor and trash are going smaller from 36.47 cm 
to 23.42 cm. prove that the prototype can provide data in real time without error. 
And for the last trial the result are like this: 
table 3 Result of the third trial 
No. Time Distance of trash with 
sensor (in cm) 
Notification alert 
1 12:00 22.51 - 
2 12:05 20.37 - 
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3 12:10 17.45 - 
4 12:15 15.57 - 
5 12:20 14.49 - 
6 12:25 13.49 - 
7 12:30 12.51 - 
8 12:35 10.43 - 
9 12:40 8.58  
10 12:45 8.43  
Can be seen that at the result of number 9 and 10 the notification has been sent. Prove that the main 
function of this prototype is work properly. 
5.  Conclusion and Suggestion 
Based on the research that has been done, the prototype of monitoring the waste volume can function 
well up to receives notifications alert when a container filled up, Can be seen from the table in chapter 
4. So with this prototype sanitary agency can use a new method of waste disposal. 
Although the prototype of monitoring the waste volume had given a good results, there remains some 
suggestions for development. As it takes its expert systems in order to make a better system and prevent 
errors that might occur later. It also calls for additional technologies such as GPS to detect trash 
anywhere and temperature sensor for more actual data of distance calculation. 
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CD-ROM. ISSN: 2156-6992 :: 06(02):143–150 (2017)
PERANAKAN BATIK OEY SOE TJOEN; CULTURAL HERITAGE 
CONSERVATION IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND 
INFORMATION 
Rachmi Kumala Widyasari, Agus Sachari and Andar Bagus Sriwarno 
Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia 
Indonesia has start batik conservation efforts long before UNESCO declare it as an Intangible Cultural 
Heritage. However, these efforts through much interference. Lack of regeneration batik, high level of 
complexity and the long process of batik tulis and the rise of printed batik as a result of advanced 
technology, can be regarded as significant obstacles to this effort. Through printed batik, people can 
appreciate beautiful and legendary batik’s pattern for an affordable price. However, paradoxically the 
presence of printed batik becomes a thread for batik tulis. Worse, it makes batik lose the meaning for 
disregarded the process. Therefore, this research aims to describe the history, process, and results of 
exquisite batik tulis so that the wider community can appreciate more Batik Tulis Peranakan from 
Kedungwuni, Oey Soe Tjoen. The research is using the ethnographic approach through the interview, 
documentation of batik process and by the residential program in Oey Soe Tjoen’s workshop in a 
period. From this research, found that technology can be a threat to the existence of traditional culture if 
not balanced with appropriate utilization. Therefore, there are three ways to maintain the presence of 
traditional culture, especially Peranakan batik, through conservation, inheritance, and cultivation. 
Keywords: Batik Peranakan, Art history, Cultural theory, Ethnography. 
Introduction  
Indonesia with its great cultural treasures, located on the trade route between Asia and Australia makes 
the following foreign culture, contributing to the indigenous culture of Indonesia. One of the high cultural 
acculturation places is in the northern coastal area of Java. Javanese culture mixed with the culture of the 
immigrant nation then produces a unique new culture (Komunitas Arsitektur Vernakuler, 2008). One of 
them is the acculturation between Chinese and Javanese culture, clearly visible in the artifacts of batik 
Peranakan.  
Batik is a pictorial fabric made by using hot wax and canthing to cross the color in the process of 
dyeing (Iswhara, 2012). Batik Peranakan Oey Soe Tjoen is an exquisite batik, done traditionally and 
hereditary by Oey family. Started in the year of 1930 the young Oey Soe Tjoen founded a fine batik 
business with his wife. Both come from the batik family. Initially, the Oey family who have the largest 
batik business in Kedungwuni, but then Oey Soe Tjoen decided not to engage in family business. Based 
on several considerations one of them is the lack of regeneration of exquisite batik worker from 
Pekalongan which at that time was famous with typical bouquet motifs Eliza van Zulyen, Oey tried to  
 
 
 
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begin his exquisite batik tulis (Liong, 2014). Through the ups and downs of the economy and the political 
situation, Peranakan batik Oey Soe Tjoen survived despite a decline in batik worker from the original 
number of approximately 100 batik workers, down to 30 batik workers on second generation Oey Soe 
Tjoen and currently only 15 workers left batik in Oey Soe Tjoen third generation. 
The political situation both in the colonial period and in the new era of Indonesia that is not impartial 
to the Peranakan people became a record in the upheaval, development and survival ability of this 
exquisite batik business. Based on the above considerations, it is necessary to describe the process of 
beautiful batik Peranakan Oey Soe Tjoen to become a famous batik with details of pattern, valuable and 
high quality. 
Nevertheless, several factors resulted in the business of this exquisite batik over time decreased. 
Among them is the complicated manufacturing process, the lack of regeneration of batik worker and the 
presence of printed batik as part of the impact of advanced technology and information. Printed batik is a 
fabric made by inserting batik pattern into it. Without going through the process of batik causes the 
process of making batik printing faster and can produce large quantities every day. It makes a distinct 
threat to traditional batik tulis such as Batik Peranakan Oey Soe Tjoen. There is a real difference between 
batik tulis with batik cap and printed batik. Printed batik is not more like batik. However, this type of 
fabric is prevalent because it has a high economic value. With the production process that uses technology 
faster and more efficient, printed batik also has an attractive visual and more colorful (Kusrianto, 2013). 
Therefore, the purpose of this research is to describe the history, process, and results of a piece of 
batik tulis, so that the public can more appreciate, especially produced by Batik Peranakan Oey Soe 
Tjoen. This research is part of efforts to conserve the Indonesian culture, where the study was expected to 
be part of the inheritance and cultivation of science and knowledge about batik Peranakan for the younger 
generation. 
The following is the stage in producing batik Oey Soe Tjoen: 
Table 1. The Process of Batik Oey Soe Tjoen 
 The Stage Descriptions  
 Preparation 
Stage 
Preparation stage for the fabric, hot wax and the synthetic coloured 
(indigosol and naptol). 
Cutting the Primisima Cotton 
Mengethel 
Mengemplong 
 First Stage of 
Batik 
Designing the batik 
Nglowongi 
Ngiseni 
Mopok 
Nerusi 
Ngelir 
Nyareti 
Mopok 
Ngelir 
Boil off wax - scrape - wash - starch - dry out - stretch - kemplong 
 Second Stage of 
Batik 
Nandesi klowongan 
Mbironi 
Nerusi 
Lepan 
Ngelir 
Boil off wax - scrape - wash - starch - dry out- stretch - kemplong 
Rachmi Kumala Widyasari et al. 145
 Third Stage of 
Batik 
Finishing the Background to the batik pattern 
Plain background 
Tanahan background 
 Finishing Stage The finished batik hung up until half dry 
Boil off wax - scrape - wash - starch - dry out- stretch - ironed 
Packaging 
Shipping 
           Source: Liong, 2014 
Methods  
The location of this research is at Oey Soe Tjoen batik workshop, Kedungwuni area, 11 Km to the south 
of Pekalongan city, Central Java. The Oey Soe Tjoen building’s facade does not look like a batik 
workshop. Because this building has three functions at once as a dwelling, grocery store, and batik 
workshop. 
This study used an ethnographic approach through interviews, documentation, and residency in some 
time at Oey Soe Tjoen batik workshop. In-depth interviews of Mrs. Widianti Widjaja as the third 
generation of Oey Soe Tjoen and batik workers, as well as a direct observation of the batik making 
process from designing to drying, resulted in qualitative data and the description will use a descriptive 
method, using the following limits: 
 
Source: Widyasari, 2017 
Figure 1. The Limit and Object of Research Chart 
Results  
The batik process at the Oey Soe Tjoen workshop takes place in several stages. The production of hot 
wax and color mixing is one of the keys in this batik business, and this stage is only Mrs. Widianti who 
can do it as a third descendant. The legacy of hot wax and color ingredients has been preserved and 
passed down from generation to generation, only for the Oey family. 
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The following stages of batik process in Oey Soe Tjoen workshop: 
Table 2. The Batik Process at The Oey Soe Tjoen’s Workshop 
Figure Description 
 
The initial stage is the pattern making. Buketan patterns 
have become the trademark for batik Oey Soe Tjoen. 
Redrawing trademark patterns on the fabric using hot 
wax, is one of the preservation efforts of the original 
pattern of batik Oey Soe Tjoen. The fabric with the 
pattern will go through the check stage before going 
into batik process. 
 
Next is the process of checking the pattern to see the 
pattern composition. If it has passed, then the fabric will 
continue to the stage of batik process. 
 
Batik stage is the stage of fabric depiction by using hot 
wax and canthing. This stage repeats according to the 
pattern on the fabric. The more complicated the pattern, 
the longer it goes. 
 
Simply put, batik process is as follows: First, batik 
workers draw outline or Nglowongi. Then the picture is 
filled with a pattern called Ngiseni. See Detailed batik 
process by Liong (2014). 
 
Coloring or immersion stage. The coloring is entirely 
done by immersion and not using Colet, where colet is a 
system using brush applying color to fabric. This 
process lasted.  
 
 
The stage of removing hot wax or Pelorodan. The first 
step is by putting the fabric into an iron barrel of boiling 
water using a traditional wood-fired stove to produce an 
appropriate temperature. This process was repeated, 
following the process of coloring. 
 
The process of drying. This process uses sunlight 
because some colors only occur when using UV light. 
This process runs according to the Pelorodan processes. 
 
After the final drying process, finished batik will be 
evaluated first before entering the shipping process 
                Source: Widyasari, 2017 
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Thus the exposure of observation data, documentation and interview on Oey Soe Tjoen workshop. 
However, the utilization of appropriate technology with the aim of preserving Batik Peranakan will be 
more clearly visible in the next discussion. 
Discussion  
Efforts to maintain the existence of Peranakan batik in this era of technology and information can be seen 
in several stages in the batik process, as follows: 
1. The impact of technology and information on the batik process: The Design Stage 
Back then, The Oey Soe Tjoen used a very light paper to draw the pattern, to modified and 
transfer it to the fabric. However, now, they are transferring the pattern straightly to the fabric to 
conserve the pattern, using a special table with glass and light adapted from architect workstation. 
Nowadays, there is a computer software used to design the batik pattern. It can apply to many 
surfaces using advanced technology such printing machine an laser cutting. 
 
 
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Source: Widyasari, 2017 
Figure 2. The Comparison in Design Process Between Manual Design at Oey Soe Tjoen  
Workshop and Using Advanced Technology from Batik Fractal Software 
2. The impact of technology and information on the batik process at The Oey Soe Tjoen’s 
Workshop: The Coloring Stage 
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The Oey Soe Tjoen used a specific wooden tub to coloured the fabric. The wooden tub used since 
the first generation until now. However, due to the very long process of colouring, it can cause 
lower back pain to the workers. Now, they used the modern and ergonomic tub for the colouring 
process, adopted from a modern batik workshop from Yogyakarta. It needs two workers to use 
the wooden tub. However, it only needs one worker to use the new tub. More efficient and more 
ergonomic, yet more individual. 
 
 
          Source: Widyasari, 2017 
Figure 3. The Ergonomic Comparison Between Wooden Tub and Modern Tub 
3. The impact of technology and information on the batik process: The Printed Batik 
The existence of printed batik has a positive and adverse impact on the batik business in 
Indonesia. The positive impacts are: helping to preserve the traditional old batik motifs and 
pattern in a faster and more efficient way. And so it has a high economic value for the more 
affordable selling price. The printed batik also have the Negative Impact, such as eliminating the 
meaning of batik itself for disregarded the process. Therefore printed batik more often called 
‘fabric with batik motifs.’ It also threatening the existence of batik tulis because batik tulis has a 
longer process and higher price. 
 
From this research can be concluded that the use of technology can be a threat to the existence of 
culture if not balanced with proper and appropriate utilization. Therefore, the use of advanced technology 
can help the preservation of culture itself. The presence of technology should be able to benefit optimally for 
the good of the wider community without harming any parties. Conservation, inheritance, and cultivation 
must continue to be carried out to maintain the existence of traditional culture, especially Batik Peranakan. 
However, due to ongoing research, further researches are needed to complement the results of this study. 
Rachmi Kumala Widyasari et al. 149
 
Figure 4. One of Mrs. Widianti Widjaja’s Work, The Hokokai Batik. It Has Two Different Pattern in  
One Fabric. One is The Buketan and The Other is Merak Ati Pattern 
References   
1. Iswhara, H., Yahya, S., dan Moeis, X.  (2012): Batik Pesisir an Indonesian Heritage; Collection of Hartono 
Sumarsono, Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia 
2. Komunitas Arsitektur Vernakular (2008): Pertemuan Arsitektur Pantai Utara Jawa: Cirebon, Tegal, 
Pekalongan, Semarang, Lasem, Tuban, Cipta Sastra Salura 
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Peranakan Batik Oey Soe Tjoen; Cultural Heritage

Conservation in the Age of Technology and Information

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