rooster59 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Indonesian village turns red as floods hit batik-manufacturing hub People ride motorbikes through a flooded road with red water due to the dye-waste from cloth factories, in Pekalongan, Central Java province, Indonesia, February 6, 2021 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Harviyan Perdana Putra/ via REUTERS JAKARTA (Reuters) - A surreal, blood-red river inundated the Indonesian village of Jenggot after floods hit a nearby batik factory on Saturday, causing a frenzy on social media. Thousands of users on Twitter shared photos and videos of the village south of Pekalongan city in Central Java being flooded by crimson-coloured water, which some social media users said reminded them of blood. "I am so afraid if this photo gets into the bad hands of hoax spreaders," said a Twitter user Ayah E Arek-Arek. "Fear mongering narratives about signs that it is the end of the world, bloody rain etc". Pekalongan is a city known for manufacturing batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. It is not uncommon for rivers in Pekalongan to turn different colours. Bright green water covered another village north of the city during a flood last month. "Sometimes there are purple puddles on the road too," said Twitter user Area Julid, who claimed to be from the area. The head of Pekalongan disaster relief, Dimas Arga Yudha, confirmed that the photos being circulated were real. "The red flood is due to the batik dye, which has been hit by the flood. It will disappear when it mixes with rain after a while," he said. (Reporting by Fathin Ungku and Maikel Jefriando; Editing by Kim Coghill) -- © Copyright Reuters 2021-02-06 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 The dyes used in most batik processes are toxic.......???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nout Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said: The dyes used in most batik processes are toxic.......???? No..Sorry...prove it! Many dyes are potentially toxic but not particularly in the Batik craft business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, Nout said: No..Sorry...prove it! Many dyes are potentially toxic but not particularly in the Batik craft business. though I don't know the chemistry of the agents I would of thought if they were really 'toxic' it would of been alerted to by now from the millions of instances these clothes were used.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 For a second I thought it was the latest news from Yangon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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