YOGYAKARTA - MI: The small craftsman in the center of the silver industry Kotagede, Yogyakarta, the number of visitors increased than last year and then buy their handicraft products.
Chairman of the Association of Small Craft and Mataram (Asperam) Kotagede, Yogyakarta, Budi Sarwono, Sunday (6 / 12) says, the long Christmas holiday and new year will have been waiting for the small silver craftsmen in Kotagede, because they wished to sell their products in large quantities.
According to him, usually every holiday long weekend, including schools, centers of silver Kotagede visited by many tourists, either in groups or families. "Product of the small craft in these centers attracted many tourists who were vacationing in Yogyakarta," he said.
He said that tourists usually buy products like silver rings, necklaces and bracelets in a simple showroom owned small craftsmen in the village location Kotagede.
According to him, a small silver artisans in the center of this Kotagede indeed since long ago already preparing to welcome the holidays with silver to produce more than normal days.
So, when this holiday season crafters already have a lot of products in stock, so when the tourists visiting the center of silver handicrafts, they can have a variety of options available handicraft products.
"The year before their vacation alhir expect considerable benefits from the results penjualann silver products, because the number of tourists visiting the holiday season is expected to increase in number," he said.
He said the sales during the holiday end of this year is expected to cover the cost of production and increase their income during the slow sales month buyers.
Tourists (wisnus) including local tourists when visiting these centers often shop craft silver products whose prices are still affordable to them, "said Budi. And said most association members are a small artisan silver in Kotagede.
Regarding concerns about the existence of a number of silversmiths waning, he said the more reduced the number of craftsmen having died, and the remaining old-old.
Indeed, if the situation allowed, Kotagede worry about typical products of silver metal chisel in a long time is not going to 'disappear' from the market, because the less number of craftsmen.
"Until now, the silver metal craftsmen chisel in Kotagede are elderly, and the successor generation has not prepared. The younger generation are not attracted to his profession as a silver craftsmen chisel, for small wages," he said.
According to him, handicraft product silver metal chisel is part of the cultural character of society Kotagede, Yogyakarta had feared would be lost from the circulation of silver markets nationally and internationally.
"If the silver metal craftsmen chisel Kotagede elderly getting lost in time, and now there is no successor, automatic character Kotagede culture is also lost," he said.
