Leaders At International Conferences Wear "Andijk" Photo.

< p > the twenty-first informal meeting of leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was held in Bali Island, Indonesia.

The costumes worn by the leaders of the conference have been a unique landscape of previous conferences.

The Indonesian government said that this year leaders will take a group photo of Bali Island's traditional weaving dress "Andijk" (endek).

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Feng Huilan, a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > Indonesian culture < /a >, Minister of tourism and creative economy, told reporters that arranging the leaders to wear "Andijk" is a part of our efforts to promote Indonesian local culture.

When the East Asia Summit was held in Bali Island in 2011, the leaders of the conference wore pictures of traditional costumes from the East Nusa dagara province.

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< p > Feng Huilan said that all the "Andijk" costumes were hand knitted by Bali Island weavers in traditional way. "Each garment needs at least 3 weavers for a month to complete."

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< p > "Andijk" is Bali Island's unique "a href=" //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp "weaving process < /a >, the production process is complex, the weft line should first be dyed, then woven into plain colored warp, from dyeing to weaving, all manual operations.

The fabrics are characterized by abstract patterns and bright colors.

The finished product "Andijk" is expensive, with an average price of 1 feet cloth, about 30 thousand to 100 thousand rupiah (about 2.6 to 8.7 dollars).

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To promote local culture, the Barry provincial government recently stipulated that government officials and students must wear "Andijk" for a specific period of time to promote local culture. < p >

For example, civil servants must wear uniforms made every Thursday and Friday with "Andijk".

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< p > according to Feng Huilan's statement, the leaders of the international conference wear the host a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > traditional dress < /a > collective appearance, first launched by Indonesia.

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When the first informal meeting of APEC leaders was held in Seattle, P, in 1993, in order to reflect "informal", the conference stipulates that all male leaders attending the meeting did not wear ties, when President Bill Clinton wore jeans directly.

When the second meeting was held in Bogor, Indonesia in 1994, Suharto, then president of Indonesia, presented a traditional Indonesian batik printed shirt "batik" to each of the leaders attending the meeting.

Since then, the host has provided a unified style of casual wear for the leaders of the meeting, making it an unwritten rule for the APEC conference.

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< p > in addition to publicizing the host culture, it also embodies the concept of "Asia Pacific Family" jointly established by all members.

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