BOGOR, West Java: A short walk off a beaten trail on the streets of Bogor, Indonesia, the sounds of metal clanging filled the air. As one approaches the building, piles of metal sheets are seen laying idly on the floor of a workshop that specialises in making gongs - a type of percussion instrument.
BOGOR, West Java: A short walk off a beaten trail on the streets of Bogor, Indonesia, the sounds of metal clanging filled the air.
The metal sheets - freshly cast out of bronze and tin - were ready to be shaped into a gong, but one of the two craftsmen skilled enough for the job did not turn up for work when CNA visited the workshop on a recent Sunday. Workers use their body weight to press the lumber in the process of repairing a gong at Gong Factory in Bogor, Indonesia on Feb 5, 2023.
Workers heating the gong in the kiln during the repair process at Gong Factory in Bogor, Indonesia on Feb 5, 2023. Not much has changed from the time his ancestors first started making gongs, Hidayat said, adding that he still uses much of the same tools and techniques as his predecessors. The number of clients has steadily decreased over the years, but it was the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic slowdown that severely affected the workshop’s operations.
Hidayat added that at one point, a space in the workshop that was used to display gongs had to be rented out to others. It became a laundromat.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Singapore attracted record S$22.5 billion in fixed asset investments last year, nearly double of 2021More than 17,000 jobs are expected to be created in the coming years from investment commitments.
Read more »
Dortmund battle past Bochum to reach German Cup last eightBOCHUM, Germany: Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus snatched a 70th-minute winner as they battled past gutsy VfL Bochum in a 2-1 win on Wednesday (Feb 8) to book a spot in the German Cup last eight. Dortmund, who face Chelsea in the Champions League Round of 16 next week, have now won all five matches th
Read more »
Rovio posts Q4 profit drop, says mobile game market shrank last yearFinnish game maker Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds franchise, posted a fall in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday and said the global mobile game market in 2022 declined for the first time ever.'The market normalised after supercharged growth during the onset of COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021, when the g
Read more »
Malaysia not going into recession in 2023, last year’s GDP growth was highest since 2000: Central BankKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will not go into a recession this year, central bank governor Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus said on Friday (Feb 10) as she announced that the country’s gross domestic product grew by 8.7 per cent in 2022.
Read more »
Why the high cost of conflict may be the best hope for peace in the Taiwan StraitWhile some defence and China-US relations experts believe the costs of using force to bring Taiwan under mainland control would make it a last resort, they warn that war
Read more »