INDONESIAN SOUVERNIR - Kasongan is the name of a popular tourist destination in the district of Bantul, Yogyakarta is famous for handicrafts earthenware. This place is located precisely in the hamlet Kajen, Bangunjiwo village, subdistrict Poor, Bantul, Yogyakarta, (~ S 7.846567 ° - E 110.344468 °) about 6 miles from North Square of Yogyakarta to the South.
History
Kasongan originally a paddies land belonging to the villagers in the south of Yogyakarta. In the period of Dutch colonization in Indonesia, in the paddies belonging to one resident was found dead horse. Horses are believed to belong to a Dutch officer. Since that time the Dutch occupation era, the people who own the land scared and immediately release their land rights are then no longer admitted. Fear is also common in other populations that have rice fields around which eventually also relinquish their land rights. Since the number of free land, the other villagers immediately recognizes the land. Residents who do not have the clay is then switched professions to become an artisan ceramics. due diligence and hereditary tradition, Tourism Village Kasongan eventually became quite famous.
Since 1971-1972, Kasongan progressed quite rapidly. Sapto Hudoyo (a great artist Yogyakarta) help develop Kasongan by fostering people that most of artisans to provide a wide range of commercial and artistic touch to the design of pottery making pottery produced does not create the impression that boring and monotonous, but it can give artistic value and the value of high economic. Ceramic Kasongan commercialized on a large scale by Sahid Ceramics around the 1980s.
Since 1971-1972, Kasongan progressed quite rapidly. Sapto Hudoyo (a great artist Yogyakarta) help develop Kasongan by fostering people that most of artisans to provide a wide range of commercial and artistic touch to the design of pottery making pottery produced does not create the impression that boring and monotonous, but it can give artistic value and the value of high economic. Ceramic Kasongan commercialized on a large scale by Sahid Ceramics around the 1980s.
Tourism Village
The craft of pottery produced by Kasongan is generally a jar with various motifs (peacocks, dragons, roses and many others), pots of various sizes (from small to shoulder the size of an adult), souvenirs, frames, wall hangings, furniture such as tables and chairs, etc. But then developing products ranges include artificial flowers from banana leaves, bamboo furnishings, mask-topengan and many others. The handicrafts are good quality and have been exported to foreign countries such as Europe and America. Usually this village is visited by tourists visiting Yogyakarta.
The craft of pottery produced by Kasongan is generally a jar with various motifs (peacocks, dragons, roses and many others), pots of various sizes (from small to shoulder the size of an adult), souvenirs, frames, wall hangings, furniture such as tables and chairs, etc. But then developing products ranges include artificial flowers from banana leaves, bamboo furnishings, mask-topengan and many others. The handicrafts are good quality and have been exported to foreign countries such as Europe and America. Usually this village is visited by tourists visiting Yogyakarta.
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