Craft Results Increasingly Reckoned,
Handicraft made from old newspapers can be processed to some artworks such as miniature motorcycles, ships, tisue box, bokor and sokasi.
Villagers mentioned that handicrafts from used newspapers are quite popular. It's just that many people are afraid to buy the craft. It is feared will be destroyed when exposed to water. It is believed, if handicrafts such as bokor and sokok are quite durable. Because newspaper rolls are made on rattan-like so they are not easily damaged when exposed to water.
Also coated also with coating material then painted and finishing. "Water is occasionally safe, but the name is also a newspaper if it continues to get water can also be damaged," said one resident.
Considered Potential, Citizens Taught Skills Used Newspapers So Bokor
- Dozens of underprivileged residents are given skills to process used newspapers into various types of handicrafts such as bokor, socations and flower containers of means of pemuspaan. The training activities that took place in Banjar Padpadan, Pengotan Bangli Village on Sundau (18/02) were held by the Cooperative Office of UMKM, Manpower and Transmigration of Bangli Regency as an effort to eradicate poverty and suppress unemployment rate in Bangli.
Selection of handicrafts make bokor and sokdok made from old newspapers as a matter of skills training considering the sale of these products on the market are quite promising. Head of Cooperative Office of UMKM, Manpower and Transmigration of Bangli Dewa Gede Suparta Regency on the sidelines of the training explained the skills training activities of newspaper used to be various kinds of handicrafts such as bokor and sokasi implemented during the next three days.
In this training, his office involves the craftman and the location of the origin of local villagers as instructors. He admitted the trainees were enthusiastic about following the step by step instructions given by the instructor. "The number of participants is 30. They are all poor citizens who we train to have the skills to improve the economy," he explained.
Suparta explains, so far the prospect of selling bokor and soking products made of former newspapers pretty bright, just still lack of promotion. As already experienced craftsmen who become instructors in training activities, bokor and sokuk made from old newspapers can be sold at a price of Rp 150 thousand per fruit. "The products are still sold in local seputaran such as Bayung Gede, Sekardadi and Denpasar," he said.
Added even though made from old newspapers, but the bokor and sokasi produced craftsman is quite durable and waterproof. Because in the process of making added glue as adhesive.
It is also said by Suparta that such training activities are not the first to be implemented. In an effort to alleviate poverty, recently it also had time to provide skills training to make incense to dozens of poor people. "In addition we also had the title of training workshop, makeup, and sewing, but the activity was funded from the center," added the man who had served as Head of Disperindag Bangli it.
