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The Jepara administration registers various carving designs and motifs made by its residents with the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights.

April 8, 2008

THE big undertaking started at the end of last year. Dozens of designs by craftsmen from Jepara, famous for its woodcarvings, have been documented by the Jepara regency administration, with photos and accounts of their origins and item descriptions. Jepara Regent Hendro Martojo formed a special team to depart for Jakarta to deliver the document of Jepara people’s works to the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights (Haki). The craft

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