Weaved rattan coffins made in Central Java, Indonesia are proving to be popular within European markets due to their environmental benefits.

Footage filmed on October 2 shows craftsmen constructing the coffins which take two days to make and are meant to be easily destroyed when buried.

The coffins are sold abroad, especially in European countries, such as Germany, England, the Netherlands, and a number of other countries.

Coffin maker Natianingsih said: "We do not sell domestically, because it is considered too expensive. For one box we sell around 2 million to 3 million rupiahs depending on the complexity of the weaving.

"For our work, from start to finish, on average, it takes us about two days depending on the level of complexity of the weaving requested.

"At the start of the pandemic we shipped eight to nine containers, the number increased by 50 percent. Most of them ordered a lot to do stock and were afraid that in Indonesia it would be locked down first."

Coffins are usually identical to wood, but in the hands of craftsmen from Trangsan Village, Gatak District, Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, they succeeded in making coffins innovations from rattan raw materials. Even the coffins are sold to foreign countries because they are believed to reduce environmental pollution because rattan is easily destroyed when buried.

Although produced domestically, these rattan coffins are not sold in Indonesia. The coffins are sold abroad, especially in European countries, such as Germany, England, the Netherlands, and a number of other countries.

Rattan coffin craftsman, Natianingsih said, making rattan coffins has been going on for a long time.

According to Natianingsih, besides selling their products abroad, besides the high demand, the selling price of rattan coffins is also affordable for Europeans.

"We do not sell domestically, because it is considered too expensive. For one box we sell around 2 million to 3 million rupiah depending on the complexity of the weaving, "said Natianingsih, Friday, October 2, 2020.

Apart from being sold abroad, his rattan coffins also have a special size, which is to adjust the height of Europeans, around 170 cm to 190 cm. To manufacture one rattan coffin starting from sorting the materials, weaving, to finishing it takes about 2 days.

Natianingsih himself has dozens of employees who help him to complete the production of the rattan coffins.

"For our work, from start to finish, on average, it takes us about two days depending on the level of complexity of the weaving requested," he said.

Natianingsih said that at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of requests for coffins had increased by 50 percent. He even had time to send eight containers of rattan coffins abroad.

"At the start of the pandemic we shipped eight to nine containers, the number increased by 50 percent. Most of them ordered a lot to do stock and were afraid that in Indonesia it would be locked first, "he said.

Natianingsih said, many European countries prefer to use rattan-based coffins instead of wood, this is to reduce environmental pollution, especially rattan is easily destroyed when buried.


By : Izzat Fahmi / Opn Images