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b. traders (not from Malangan) from nearby dukohs who go out + look for bamboo + panggul the bamboo, i.e. carry it back on shoulders Pak Amat buys about 15 black bamboo poles @ Rp350 + 5 green bamboo poles @325 monthly
2. avalan or outer layers bamboo, the inner layers being used by other pengrajin or gedek, besek
Pak buys Rp7000 per mo +/- of avalan or kulitan
says that of a bamboo pole costing 350, more than half or about 200-250 worth of the price is the avalan
buys avalan to speed up production process in the course of production a bamboo usually separated into about 20 layers, but physically possible to separate into more than 50 layers; such separating called MENG[[strikethrough]][?][[/strikethrough]]RAT (root "riat")
big besek makers who sell off avalan in dukoh 18 ((re-check))

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-3. lidi,gebang - also separated into finer lashings acc. to skill of pengrajin
Ildi geb sold inside Pasar, Ngijon itself
Pak Amat uses 90 gendel or bundles a mo @ 100 +/- or 15 gendel each per [[?]] week - a trader from Sehtolo who brings it in
Pak Amat has a philosophy, however, of not always buying from same langanan because then the langanan will control the price
no gedek on kepang made in the area roughest produce being besek
4. AIBON lem (glue) for attaching trumum [[?]] pieces to lamp bases, etc.
5. varnish
6. nails
7. wire
8. obat anti-bubek; formerly