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Johannesburg (AFP) - Although no Indonesian team competing in South Africa, at least Indonesian name was mentioned in a football feast that lasts for a full month's.

The name Indonesia was represented by a wooden doll products sold footballer FIFA as an official product in the shopping center Mall of Rosenbank and Cresta in Johannesburg.

Grant Dunbar, a local businessman was quoted as saying the home of Johannesburg's Sunday Times newspaper admitted that he had to order these wooden puppets from Indonesia because it is difficult to find a local craftsman who could produce the order.

"We have been trying to find craftsmen to Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe, but only found two people in the village who can design it," said Dunbar.

Doll height 80cm to 185cm from the then painted in South Africa, adapted to the color of each participating country.

"We have 60 employees whose job painting the dolls and then sell it to consumers," said Dunbar. But no more detailed explanation of the regions in Indonesia where the doll came from.