One of Indonesia’s cultural heritage is an art craft that are scattered throughout the islands of Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke. There are more than 300 tribes that are diverse in local languages, customs, arts, traditional houses, and crafts products.
Indonesian craft forms influenced by elements of animism and dynamism. This old belief influenced the culture brought by traders from India, China, and Persia. And is also influenced by the arrival of the Europeans, when traveling to look for herbs that grow in Indonesia. These traders settled and brought their traditions and arts and culture. Culture is what acculturated with local cultures that have influenced the development of local art.
Various craft has now developed in Indonesia such as Woodworking, silver, batik, weaving, bamboo, metal, leather, wicker, rattan, pottery and ceramics, glass, painting, and traditional house.