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apparently at time course was given these women were formed into a klompok which is "belum kooperasi"; not clear whether are women producers in the village who did not attend the course & are not in the klompok
Jbu Hadji was in Tasik 3 days - she seemed to enjoy herself [[crossed-out]] [[+?]] [[/crossed-out]] immensely and wants to imitate what she saw there - she has already tried some new products
our TPL brought back a new tool from Tasik which enables [[crossed-out]] [[f?]] [[/crossed-out]] weavers to split pandanus more finely - tool being used at Bu Hajis house ((more of these simple tools should be ordered for distribution to all households)) - is also some production of siwalen mats and some stagen weaving in the area
most/many households in the 2 desas have alat Tenun, but only 10 HH are still producing, stagen - is because they can't compete [[crossed-out]] will [[/crossed-out]] with price of imported ((imported from Java)) from Surabaya
Bu Haji can weave stagen but

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doesn't
villages have never dyed their mats - dyes are available and they are experimenting but are not yet selling colored mats
Ibu & her young daughter can make 2 mats a mo. "if they have a lot of time"
sell their mats at Pasar Blega (to south) or to Pasar Bungka in Kab. Sampang
sell for: 1400 - 1600 rough quality
2000 fine
2500 very fine
this is for mats of the usual 1 1/4 M x 2M size
they also sometimes make smaller or longer mats
finest mats in the village are made by the wife of a certain pamong
of the group who went to Tasik, 2 were isteri pamong
sometimes Bu Haji does not sell her own mats but titips with a neighbor
pandan grows along roadside & riverside; trees wild but have owners