Rencong Workshops Gets A Facelift
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
NOT far from the sharp bend at the entrance to Baet Lampuot village, some 18 kilometers from the city of Banda Aceh, stands an old, wall-less 4x6-meter structure, its tin roof supported by six wooden posts. This unassuming building is Ibrahim's workshop, where he produces rencong, the traditional Achenese dagger.
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NOT far from the sharp bend at the entrance to Baet Lampuot village, some 18 kilometers from the city of Banda Aceh, stands an old, wall-less 4x6-meter structure, its tin roof supported by six wooden posts. This unassuming building is Ibrahim's workshop, where he produces rencong, the traditional Achenese dagger.
The heavyset man walks to a one-meter-high furnace. He lights it, adding coals to fire the raw brass. "This one can hold up to 10 kilogr
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