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wells are communally built & owned 

when build a new one costs about 250,000 for bamboo facing but this cost contributed by villagers secara gotong royong - they also contribute their free labor in fact little well building going on now - villagers living off their old capital as the industry dies out
formerly 36 wells in use night & day secara bergilin - now only 5 in use & those used daytime only

village now subject to serious floods 2-3 times a yr was a flood gater ([into air) which prevented this in Dutch times - fell into disrepair in early 60's about same time as industry began to decline
((were there also political problems in this village? ws the village Communist? lunah claims their plight has beennn reported to [[?]] but no action taken - govn. has licensing power over hiem's factor = could take action

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if chose to = with hired labor can estimate at least 2000 out of work in this one dukoh only - based on minimal estimate of 1 working family member & one hired laborer per each of the 1000 now defund HH enterprises - if 6 dukohs get minimal estimate of 12,000 people put out of work)

is an industry "turun temurun." which has probably existed since time in memorial
bleng sold all over Jaa at pasars in Jogia, Madium & Solo mainly, smaller masket in Jakarta ared-I encountered puli makers on Madura at village of Moktesareh,kab, Sampang, Kec. Kedungdung,also using bleng from Java-most probably from this area-only 3 HH ((see FN 13 pp 3839))

Jono producers harvest their crystals & bleng once a week in the dry season, once every 10-15 days in rainy

holding ponds & bamboo drying racks are privately owned