Village Tour (Making Palm Sugar and Wooden Batik Painting), Kota Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Houses at butuh village are surrounded by coconut trees and the villager produce the palm sugar, they started from 9 am after back from the local market. They take out the concentrate (called nira) of the coconut flower (called manggar) as arrow material of the palm sugar then it is heated and stirred on the pan with wooden fire during 2 hours. As if to keep the nature through the stirring, the house family welcomes to see the making process, even try to involve.
While we are waiting for the boiling process, we will have batik class. It takes around 2 hours, the good news is we do not use fabric but wooden craft (mask or puppet). It is very unique, as we know that mostly batik made on fabric.
At the end you will bring home the result.
Description & Instructions When Visiting Kota Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Houses at butuh village are surrounded by coconut trees and the villager produce the palm sugar, they started from 9 am after back from the local market. They take out the concentrate (called nira) of the coconut flower (called manggar) as arrow material of the palm sugar then it is heated and stirred on the pan with wooden fire during 2 hours. As if to keep the nature through the stirring, the house family welcomes to see the making process, even try to involve.
While we are waiting for the boiling process, we will have batik class. It takes around 2 hours, the good news is we do not use fabric but wooden craft (mask or puppet). It is very unique, as we know that mostly batik made on fabric.
At the end you will bring home the result.
Itinerary
we’ll pick you up by car and then go to mButuh village. You will involve in to villagers activities that are :
1. Nderes (process of how to get liquid of coconut flower)
2. Nitis (process of how to make palm sugar )
3. Painting on wooden craft (puppet or mask)
4. Lunch
You may take home the palm sugar and the wooden batik
Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Kota Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Trip Category: Classes & Workshops >> Painting Classes
