In the picture is Kang (brother) Wadi, a tapper and palm sugar maker was actually about going to market to sell his work. Please note the watch he was wearing. He did not wear it in everyday life. But because I need his picture with lodong (bamboo tubes to accommodate of palm juice) then he [...]

Lompong sago cake, also known as 'kue lompong sagu ' in some parts of Indonesia, is a traditional food of the Minangkabau people in western Sumatra. It is a type of cake made from sago flour, which is derived from the inner pith of the sago palm tree. The sago flour is mixed with coconut [...]

The Taste of Traditional Sweetener - In Indonesia, granulated arenga palm sugar is called gula semut aren ( gula mean : sugar, semut mean : ant). According to old story it is because they shaped like a nest of ants on the ground which pulverized and loose. Meanwhile Aren is refers to the native palm [...]

Do you agree with me that palm sugar can be use as an intereting photo object? Of course it is depending on the level of your skill and creativities. As an photo object palm sugar had of the value-free qualified. It mean they can be shaped by your desired, taste and sense of art that [...]