MANADO, iNews.id - The typical batik bamboo from Sangihe and Bunaken has unique motifs and patterns. This bamboo craft is famous to foreign countries. Not only in Sangihe, in Manado it turns out that there are craftsmen from bamboo batik located in Meras Village, Bunaken District, Manado City.
The effort to increase the income of a prosperous family has been managed from generation to generation by Bertha Mansauda.
"The creation of this batik bamboo craft was originally inspired by my parents. In the past, my parents made bamboo musical instruments. However, bamboo music is currently a bit eroded," said Bertha Mansauda, Sunday (26/9/2021).
Bertha explained, so that this could be known again, she made handicrafts from bamboo batik in the form of miniature bamboo musical instruments so that future generations could see that bamboo musical instruments turned out to be like this.
From the beginning, only making miniature bamboo musical instruments such as trumpets, Bertha was inspired to make various models of other crafts, such as flowers, lampshades, teapots, glasses, candle holders, tables, chairs, key chains, miniature animals, bags, watches, miniature houses. , to miniature ships.
According to Bertha, the quality of batik bamboo itself is better than other bamboos. In addition, it has its own unique style and is durable.
Batik bamboo is a type or better known as Chinese bamboo, but Bertha prefers to call it batik bamboo so it is well known to foreign countries.
"There are foreign tourists who ask the name of the bamboo, now I as an Indonesian, we must bring the name of Indonesia, do not take the name of China," he said.
Because he said, usually when asked by tourists, if it is called Chinese bamboo later this comes from China.
“So to carry the name of Indonesia, I changed it to bamboo batik. So this is famous abroad, batik bamboo," said Bertha.
The results of this batik bamboo craft, said Bertha, have reached overseas such as Dubai, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, and China. The Dutch usually like insect models, there are also miniature houses on stilts. If China really likes the miniature model of the house.
"Before the pandemic, for marketing to overseas, some went through the relevant agencies, some came to buy directly. Most foreign tourists bought before the pandemic, while local guests were only from related and personal agencies," said Bertha.
Making miniatures such as flower models takes two to three days, depending on the level of difficulty of each model. The selling price varies from Rp. 250,000 to tens of millions.
"For the flower model, the standard price is Rp. 250,000 to Rp. 1 million. The most expensive ones are usually miniature, like the miniature of the mayor's office that I have made. There is also a shrimp model, depending on the level of difficulty, if it is not too difficult, the price is normal, but if it is difficult , that is expensive," said Bertha.
Even though in the midst of the current pandemic, Bertha still exists making miniature crafts that she has pioneered since 2021. She gets batik bamboo by buying it in the Sangihe Islands Regency if there are more orders, but she also grows bamboo in her garden.
Source: sulut.inews.id - Subhan Sabu
Editor : Cahya Sumirat
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