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EARTHENWARE FESTIVAL OF PEJAGATAN VILLAGE

May 13, 2018, Head of Kutowinangun Drs. Agus Susanto opened the Earthenware Festival of Pejagatan Village. The event organized by the youths of Pejagatan Village, which is held by Nanang Setiawan, was attended by Forkompimcam on the occasion also attended by ORI Director (Original Rekor Indonesia Award).

Concerned about the future of earthenware in Pejagatan, Nanang Setiyawan (24) took the initiative to hold a Earthenware Festival in Pejagatan Village. The purpose is to encourage the younger generation of pejagatan village and kebumen to develop and preserve the craft that has been inherited by the ancestors.

In festivals that take place in the field of Pejagatan village, villagers managed to get the award from Original Rekor Indonesia (ORI) in making the largest earthenware. Villagers of Pejagatan village managed to make earthenware from clay as many as 1439 with 100 craftsmen in a period of 3 hours. In addition to the record, there are 2 other record that solved, which is making the biggest serabi with a diameter of 1m and make the largest logo of clay with size 3x3m. Logo made is Logo Bokor Kencana is one of the palace food suppliers of the State and Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in Jakarta.

And then the Chairman of the Committee of Earthenware Festival Pejagatan, Nanang Setiyawan admitted grateful for the creation of 3 records. He also explained if the earthenware of the globe has its own uniqueness. In addition to the different shapes, the color is also black unlike other earthenware. That's because the workmanship is still manually by the hand of the artisans themselves. Differences in shape and color, it is caused by the burning process using dried bamboo leaves, resulting in black color that purportedly he said could be a bidder of toxins.

Head of Pejagatan Village, Mr. Hidayat Djuhri said that his party appreciated the activities that were implemented thanks to the cooperation of village government and youth organization. Hopefully, Pejagatan community economy can be better. "In addition, this black clay earthenware is increasingly recognized in Indonesia market to foreign countries," he said

               President of Indonesia's Original Record, Agung Elvianto, said the award is expected to bring a positive impact on the development of earthenware in Kebumen. "Our hope, after the appreciation of this earthenware will be a legend of the crafts of the work of local men, beating China in design and form. We also hope that the earthenware center in Kebumen can become one of the icon of Kebumen city and become world legend. So is the culinary as it is now by making the biggest serabi cake expected culinary tour Kebumen will influence to predict tourists outside or local. "He said.