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days (selapan?) and has 30 members

in 1982 the road was paved (diperkeras- looks like blacktop) and a bridge was put in crossing the stream to Pak Keni's house

acc. to Pak Atmoredo, [[Jbu]] Giarto no longer makes lueik because not profitable (karena rugi)

relations w/ Pak Mulyodeharjo have been repaired and now he is a as the major buyer of gebengan- they use term "pengrajin [[sungging]]" for Pak Mul
Pak Mul's son now involved in father's business 
selling prices for a Bima wayang these days are:
[side note] ((seems high was 7000-1500 in 1977 for halus to [[kass]] or [[keal]]))
large- Rp 20,000
med- Rp 15,000
small- Rp 10,000

still getting hides from Pabrik Penyamaan Kulit in Semaki district of Jogjakarta

since [[2]] left have had 1 season loss of the rice crop to "pusah" which appears to be identical to walang sangit, i.e. a small cricket or grashoppers like insect which sucks the paddy out of the husk + leaves it empty
Pak Redo explained that this is different from wereng which attacks the stalks
this years harvest, however, good

Pak Redo explained that it is men from Jatirejo dukoh (#14) not Karangasem (#13) who sell birds + lamps 

tobacco no longer being planted in Karangasem, apparently because [Side note- water table ie well depth 4m]of the work of watering from wells in the dry season, and the fact that tobacco traders from Magelang no longer visiting the village also maybe because the wayang industry has grown + is absorbing more labor
there is now a batik coop in dingo-sarem (nearer the main road) which act. to Redo, has received "a lot" of