Masters in Bali with his own manufactured amulets to ward off evil spirits, the magical mask – this kind of artifacts with mystical overtones Indonesians made it for centuries. Any of your chosen craft – a unique thing, and you can buy it in one of the many shops on the coast. By the same author: Jack Fusco. Balinese themselves using their works in everyday life and be happy for trial by a fantastic and you. Souvenirs – it's only a small part in a wide range of possible Indonesian gifts. Be sure to stop in a china shop, as well as store of ancient weapons and religious objects.
Dishes and jugs of bizarre, poisoned arrows, crossbows, repeating all the historical forms, the terrible figures of idols, and the ancient gods – you must surely there is something for themselves and their friends to taste and mood. Indonesian sculptures are unique technique of their execution, as well as materials. His father, a sculptor skill certainly teaches her children literally from birth, and therefore already in Balinese youth can easily turn a lifeless gray boulder in an unusual figure of a deity or spirit. Bali is famous for sculptures made of wood, and the center of wood carving has long been considered a village of Mas. To master this art form using a variety of wood species: black (ebony) – for the statues of deities and idols, gray (panggal buaya) – for pictures of people, brown spotted (the root of ancient trees) and fragrant sandalwood – for the sculptures of animals and small trinkets. The cost of the works, of course, depends on the material from which they are made.
The most expensive – of the sandal, but they will long to please the owner is not only in appearance, but also the smell. In the shops of master carvers can find real miracles. It's the characters and the Balinese Hindu mythology: the evil demons, sacred bird Garuda, the leader of the monkey Hanuman troops wise, and baliyki also frozen in ritual poses, different animals, wooden fruit, flowers, trees and even a skillfully made carved chess figures which represent good and evil characters Indonesian epics.