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or Batara Guru would not be used directly but would have to go through prayers & fasting (similar to those for initiating a [[?]] ) Sagujo gets his skins from [[?]] [[?]] on the main Bantul road says that cow hide can't be used for good wayang because it curls - for the same reason he says that the hides which are scraped by machine, i.e. those sold at the Balgi Penefitian Kulit, can't be used for good wayang - they can, however, be used for the tiny cheap souvenir wayang or lamp shades, where curling is not a problem - hides are purchased by the kilo at a price of 700 Rp per kilo - one kilo is enough to make two wayang puppets - thus can say that in comparison with most other village [[?]] tries the cost of labor is relatively higher for wayang, and the cost of [[?]] materials relatively lower. Sagujo's house larger & better, 
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still dirt floors, however, built than Pak Pujos & this, along with the fact of more worked & a larger inventory, gives an impression of greater prosperity - Sagujo did not mention that he was a student at Pak Pujo's (tho his age makes this possible); instead he says that he learned from his father who, however, no longer makes wayang - says that his father formerly made wayangs but developed a serious allergy ('[[?]] [[?]]') on his legs; he gave up making wayangs & began to work his fields himself & the allergy went away, so he never returned to making wayang & instead turned the whole enterprise over to Sagujo owns a motorcycle & tape recorder dresses well many of his wayangs are exported & he indeed makes smaller, lighter-weight half-sized wayangs which are easier to ship ships them via regular air mail ('pos paket') which costs Rp 4000 ($10) per kilo-says that