Traditional to Modern
Indonesian Trade Expo 2009 not only shows many traditional craft products, but also modern technology products.
For traditional products, we could see many booths featuring crafts, batik tulis, and furniture. The figure below is a booth from Ngawi District, East Java. This booth exhibit accessories products and house equipment made of teak roots. Not any root of teak tree, but the roots of rooted teak tree and buried in the old teak forest. To acquire them, the craftsmen deliberately dig in old teak forest area that is estimated to have the remains of such a decayed wood. Uniquely, because it is already rotted, it is said that not even termites like it. So, there is no need to worry that the accessories will be eaten by termites, no extra care needed.
Below is an interesting booth. One of booths that uses modern technology to polish creativity. This Solo’s booth is selling some old times posters. The poster was printed on opaque brown paper, using old spelling type words. Looks like real old posters. When we asked, the booth keeper said that the posters are really ads from old times. They reproduce them through searching and collecting of these posters. Interesting and creative!
Besides booths utilizing modern technology to support their products, there are also booths using advanced technology to produce their works. As in the picture below, a creative-product booth of animation and design. Animation and design shown here are 100% domestic, made by Indonesian. Ranging from animation for advertisement, t-shirts design or printing, and movies made in Indonesia such as Kabayan.
Judging from the number of products shown, it is such a shame to miss this annual event. So if you do not have time to come to the 24th Indonesian Trade Expo this 2009, do not miss the 25th Indonesia Trade Expo which is scheduled to be held in October 2010.
