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April 16 with Edy and Sugono. Visit to 2 PDP villages in Kabob's Jepara first village a rattan working village called Teluk Witan = E. Teluk Kab: Jepara Kec: Welahan Kal: Teluk Wetan [indention] Lurah: Haji Nur Achmad Sidik Dukoh: Teluk Wetan are 40 K.K. doing rattan in what is otherwise a trad. bamboo-working village labor per HH about 2-4 persons -largest enterprises belong to Pak Mahilan dah Suuyoto, up to 10 each "kalan masuk semua" -of the 40 HH about 15 use some non-family ie wage labor -types of products: lamp shades, shopping bags, chairs of Hawaii type, kiddie car + bicycle seats + strollers. with colored plastic wrappings ((visted a sales site along main road after disc. session - product quality not very high)) wives + children help with rattan work, whatever is "ringan-ringan" mainly, however, wives occupied with bamboo work rattan which is "kurang putih" is cooked with sulfur in a process termed "diopen" (sulfer = beliraing) -place where sulfur treatments given termed "kulak" - 5 min length nobody in Teluk Wetan has a kulah buy their rattan from a certain Pak Hussein in Semarang who has a kulah - address: Bung Lama 27 near the shore other sources in Semarang in Karang Ayu area, Toko Asia;+ also Gendngah + Sayangan areas -is only one store in Jepara which sells rattan _ not much choice + don't carry better grades - prices are same as in Semarang -small producers usually buy 25 K at a time which lasts about 10 days @ 750 - this is for smaller rattan pieces used to fill in + decorative work large rattan used for main furniture outlines bought by the batang, 200 Rp per 3 M price of smaller rattan only 450 Rp per K last year - they don't know why the price has gone up