TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - There are a lot of interesting activities you can do when you are traveling Taiwan. Try a handkerchief coloring activity when you are visiting Zhou Ye Cottage Farm in Miaoli, Taiwan.
The handicraft uses a green plant which is processed to an indigo dye for the color. You will need a fabric, a wooden stick, and rubber bands before create the pattern. After that, tie the wood or tie the rubber band to the fabric to get the desired pattern.
Next, wet the fabric and begin the dyeing process. It will need four to six times of dyeing and rinsing the fabric so the fabric will not wear off. Besides handkerchiefs, the dyeing can also be done to bags and clothes.
Zhou Ye Cottage is a Taiwan Muslim-Friendly Leisure Farm. The location has been certified by “The Chinese Muslim Association” in providing halal foods for Muslim travelers.
Another interesting site in Taiwan is the Toucheng Leisure Farm, an agricultural tourism area. You can see gardens and paddy field as the governtment’s effort to preserve the nature. In this place, you can make flying lanterns and dyeing shirts with natural coloring from leaves.
There is also an area called the Forest 18 Leisure Farm where you can create anti-mosquito lotion, and Sanfu Leisure Farm that features purple-colored coffee.
