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means a total of 107 days a year off for ceremonies since 1986 he has been paying wages to his own family members; the youngest sister gets only 1000 Rp a day because she is considered an apprentice the two hired workers are both girls, ages 15 and 21 one of the 2 hired workers also gets 1000 Rp a day all of the others, including his wife and the older hired worker, get 3000 Rp a day they all get 5000 Rp extra if work evenings; the two hired workers work only 10 evenings a month all of the hired workers he has used in the past have also been girls hired workers get no extra gifts or holiday payments the reason apprentices get less is because they often spoil the raw materials (bahan) they are working on there is a division of labor in the enterprise: A.A. makes all the new designs the hired workers are used to add small beads of silver which are glued on first, and then soldered (dilem dulu, terus dipatri) the other can do all processes A.A. uses between 1-3 kg silver a month, averaging 1.5 kg; before getting his KUPEDES loans, he averaged only .5 kg. the hired workers eat with them only about 5 x a month and their meals are worth 500 Rp each A.A.'s tools and equipment include: a. 6 worktables @ 11,000 Rp b. 3 kompor @ 17,000 - 20,000 Rp c. 3 pairs of palu and paron @ 5000 - 12,000 Rp (hammers and anvils) d. 4 sets of scissors and tongs @ 3000 - 6000 Rp e. 1 set 'rampel' and 'pengalan' for polishing; he bought the set in 1986, didn't use before none of this equipment is motorized his enterprise very small from 1980-1986 and then enlarged he buys silver at 'Toko Bintang 52' in Denpasar on Jl. Sulawesi; also from Rasyid (a larger entrepreneur) in Celuk who owns 'Toko Rasyid' gold from same sources he buys silver and gold 1 x a mo. he sells finished goods both on order and by stock accumulation and talking around he goes to Kuta about 2 x a month where he sells to Yusuf Silver; in Celuk sells to Toko Kayangan since starting his business in 1980 he has sold only to these two shops it takes two hours to make a round trip to Den Pasar, including time waiting for the silver uses his own motorcycle which he bought used in 1988 for 950,000 Rp he only sells in Celuk if his Kuta connection doesn't need anything formerly he didn't buy gold or silver, but got it from Yusuf and only paid for his labor; called 'sistem masuh' at that time got 1000 Rp per ring for labor the raw materials used to make such a ring are worth 2700 Rp