Jakarta – The best quality rattan in the world is produced from Indonesian forests. Indonesian rattan has excellent durability and flexibility. “The number one quality of rattan in the world is manau rattan produced in West Sumatra. Then the second best quality is rattan kertes which is produced near Read more…
Habitat The subtropical and tropical climates that exist in Indonesian forests are suitable growing habitats for rattan. The growing scale of the area is also quite wide, ranging from marshy soil, calcareous soil, dry land to mountains with an altitude of 300 to 1000 meters above sea level. More Read more…
Rattan ready for harvest will show special characteristics, such as yellow stems, fallen leaves, black or yellow-black thorns, and the midrib has come off and does not wrap the stem. Harvesting rattan can be said to be quite difficult, because it requires skills to climb large trees where it Read more…
Before the rattan export policy was implemented in 1986, many stems were harvested commercially to be shipped to Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, America and European countries. At that time, Indonesia was the world’s largest rattan-producing country, although the national processing industry had not yet developed. Then, after the issuance Read more…
The Ministry of Industry, in its official website, said that around 85 percent of the raw materials for rattan worldwide are products from Indonesian forests. The rest came from other Asian countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam. In Indonesia, this plant grows in many forests in various regions. Read more…
There are eight types of rattan in Indonesia, namely, calamus, khortalsia, daemonorops, plectocomia, ceratolobus, plectocomiopsis, calospatha and myrialepis. There are 8 types of rattan consisting of approximately 306 species in Indonesia which have been identified and spread. Of the total that have been identified, approximately 50 species have been collected, Read more…
Cirebon mask dance is one of the Dancing in the Cirebon sultanate region. Cirebon Mask Dance, this workmanship is the first craft of the Cirebon region, including Subang, Indramayu, Jatibarang, Majalengka, Losari, and Brebes. It is known as a mask dance in light of the fact that the artists wear Read more…
Indonesia is a country with biggest rattan and producers in the world. so no wonder if hundreds of years ago Ancestors utilized ratan at the raw materials for making housewares like baskets and furniture and fortunately the development of Technology makes us to use modern products and forget the natural Read more…
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