Kuala Lumpur, June 9 (ANI): Some of the batik owned by President Obama's mother Ann Dunham are going to be on display in Malaysia until July 20, at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (IAMM) near Bukit Aman.
Her daughter, Maya Soetoro-Ng, half sister to Obama, said that she remembered how her late mother cherished her numerous batik sheets, lovingly collected during her travels and study around Indonesia as an anthropologist.
"None were worth very much, but she kept it close out of her love for South-East Asia and Indonesia," the Star Online quoted Soetoro-Ng as saying.
"She loved the batik dearly and would put them across the furniture," she said when launching "Ann Dunham's Legacy A collection of Indonesian batik."
Reminiscing on how her mother was so willing to understand people all over the world, Soetoro-Ng said the family never stayed put in a single country for long.
"She died before she had her own home, so there was no place that she could keep her batik where it could be taken care of.
"But this place looks like a lovely home," she said of the museum.
For the launch, Obama recorded a video message, saying that the batik collection was not just about fashion, but it was central to who his mother was as a person.
"As a woman, she knew the textiles meant a livelihood for the mothers and women who made them. In these fabrics, I'm reminded of the principles that animated my mother's life.
"She understood that whether you live in a rural village or a teeming city, we all share certain basic aspirations to live in dignity, peace and security; to provide for our families; to give our children a better life.
"I hope that this exhibit continues the work to which she devoted her life enlarging our discourse and our understanding, among peoples and among nations," Obama said. (ANI)
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