> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Amira Rahardiani > Reference:: https://www.thejugaadproject.pub/home/bamboo-crafts-indonesia > Date:: 2022 > Tags:: #warp #Indonesia > WeftLinks:: [[Social value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft is a collective activity that forges trust and belonging]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Bamboo production is embedded in the social structure. ### Highlights The dichotomy between top-down movements and the targets of development projects leads to tension, since government officials typically approach the ‘new’ development without negotiating the long-persistent activities of the targeted villages or industry. The Galunggung Mountain eruptions in the 19th and the 20th centuries have transformed the soil in West Java into more fertile so that they have abundant natural materials including bamboo. Since then, the southeast of West Java such as Tasikmalaya and Garut regencies have been famous for their craftsmanship activities During the peak week of farming or harvesting period, craftspeople take the opportunity to perform seasonal labour in the paddy fields owned by landowners from outside the hamlets. the market price of bamboo utensils is not equal to the effort required to create them Inevitably, craftspeoples’ children obtain higher levels of education today than their parents, which subsequently affects the regeneration of the hamlets. Most youths first consider earning high school degrees and working as laborers in the cities, while people who have tried to work in the cities return to their hamlets and settle down to continue bamboo producing routines. It is important, particularly for women in the Cikiray society, to have basic weaving skills required to make bamboo daily utensils before they continue junior high school, as there is nothing to do with these degrees in the craft-making world