The most interesting thing that foreign tourists like to check when they come to Kediri is Gudang Garam company. Many of them like to know the process of making cigarettes manually. It's said as manually since the workers in Gudang Garam make the cigarettes with their hands. Of course they need tool, but it is traditional tool that still needs the workers' help to form the cigarettes. It's fun to see how their work with the cigarettes. They form it skillfully with their hands after they insert the wrap inside the tool and put in the tobacco on the middle of the wrapper.
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| Foreign tourist tried to "linting" the "kretek" cigarette |
This process is called "linting". It comes from Javanese which explains the process where you form stick shape by pressing the filling into the wrapper while rolling it from side to side. In Gudang Garam, they have two kinds of products which need this process. the first is for the "Kretek" cigarettes, and the other is for "Klobot" cigarettes. While for "Filter" one, this process is not needed.
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| Gudang Garam "Kretek" cigarettes |
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| Gudang Garam "Filter" cigarettes |
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| Gudang Garam "Klobot" cigarettes |
This has become one of the tourist destination when they come to Kediri. Unfortunately, this tour is not open for all kinds of tourists. For them who stay in one of Gudang Garam hotels' group, then they will have a chance to visit this destination. To keep you from regretting beforehand, you should let your tour guide to check the schedule to visit this company in a month. They just give 4 dates -- in a month open for tourists' visit which makes this becomes an exclusive chance for you to come there.
