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INDONESIA: CTI takes rural crafts global

With the aim of keeping tradition alive and improving the welfare of weavers at the same time, Okke, along with Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu, Meuthia Hatta, a former state minister for women's empowerment, and 19 other women, established the Cita Tenun Indonesia (Indonesia's Handwoven Textile) community in Jakarta in 2008.

In Indonesia, traditional cloth is more than just a piece of fabric to make clothes with. It tells a story of the weavers' daily routine, their hopes and dreams, and even incorporates the culture and history specific to a particular region. "The women in Lombok [in West Nusa Tenggara] have to present a cloth that they've woven to their future grooms and their families on the day that they propose," said Okke Hatta Rajasa, wife of Hatta Rajasa, the coordinating minister for economic affairs. "It...

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