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Lombok becomes favorite tourism destination lately. Many people choose to visit Lombok even as first destination no longer just second destination after the nearby and more popular Bali. Lombok has beautiful beaches and also impressive cultural heritage. There are many things you can enjoy in this island including amazing traditional handicraft for souvenir from this island. One of the finest handicrafts from Lombok is traditional cane work handicraft made from ketak, a local fern species. Ketak handicraft products gain higher popularity especially when “back to nature” becomes more and more popular among people all over the world.

Why Ketak Handicraft Becomes Popular
Ketak is a tropical fern species and widely found in Lombok. Since centuries ago, local inhabitants in this island has been using Ketak fiber for many different things as the fiber has qualities of tough, flexible, and durable. Local people have been made mat, traditional bags and other things. With the rising of Lombok tourism industry, kerajinan ketak Lombok reaches a new level. Tourist especially expatriate tourists found that ketak products are exotic and unique and they bought it as souvenir. It creates new market for local crafter and kerajinan ketak grows bigger and adopt new design to meet the expectation of new market.
What makes ketak handicraft grows into an industry is its positioning as natural products while at the same time it is also functional. Kerajinan Lombok from ketak fiber only uses natural materials and methods. Ketak fiber is collected from local sources and processed with traditional method. All ketak crafts are handmade by local people accentuating the local wisdom of Lombok people. The coloring and finishing are also using natural colorings and methods. It makes the products so special and high quality. It is even more than just handicraft but also works of art.

Leading Name in Ketak Handicraft
One of the leading names in kerajinan ketak is UD. Nusa Indah. This company works hand in hand with local people at Pesak Karang Bayan, West Lombok, making this area as the leading center of Lombok traditional ketak craft. This company produces various products handmade from ketak fiber ranging from traditional products to more modern designs. Its products are widely accepted in the market for its high quality. Besides marketed locally, its products are also marketed on Bali and expored to Japan and other countries. This company is also open to new perspective including creating and applying new designs for ketak craft product with the big goal to make this handicraft more popular and helps empower local people in Lombok.

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