Bali, a wonderful tourist destination, consisting of lavish arts, culture, religion and a place where people unify to build up peace. The harmony among people has helped this land to create and flourish a truly amazing industry of arts and craft. Bali’s handicrafts have gained much popularity over the years and the people making arts out of the most fundamental necessities in their lives are undoubtedly gifted.
In this exotic land, one could see that wood carvings, stone carvings, sculptures, paintings use different styles. It’s usually the males who engage in the trade of sculpting and carving while the women engage themselves with crafting handsome offerings to gods in the form of pyramids of flowers, fruits and cakes which reach up to about two meters high built with so much devotion.
Wood carving is a regular make practiced all around the country. Tegallalang, Pujung and Sebatu are the regions famous for classy wood carvings. It is not a bizarre resonance for the ear to catch the tapings of the carvers’ mallet anywhere around these places. These carvings are influenced with native and some are of distant patterns for the artist in Balinese love to survey the external world, merging foreign with traditional.
Paintings of Bali have styles like Kamasan or the Wayang styles, Pita Maha style (great vitality) and a few others. Kamasan style features Wayang Figures similar to floral designs and flame-and-mountain motifs. Pita Maha materialized when painting was distancing as a form of art.
Balinese jewelry is generally handmade and has designs found identical to those of Thailand and Mexico. It is a illustrious place for jewelry and seldom use casting techniques or imported silver. Village Celuk is famous for its jewelry.
Mask carving is another unique craft mastered by the Balinese, especially in Mas and Puaya. These are done by the proficient and it’s a specialized form of wood carving. Barong and Rangda masks are decorated and made with real hair with huge teeth and protruding eyes. Stone carving too is similar to the wood carving as it’s carved in soft volcanic rock. Kapal and Batubulan are famous for stone carvings.
Bali is a divine location with exotic arts and crafts on top of being a traveler’s sanctuary. The favorable mode of accommodation while holidaying in Bali would be one of many Bali Resorts and Anantara Bali Uluwatu Resort and Spa is guaranteed to exceed expectations of what your ideal Uluwatu hotels should be.
