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to that, the things that you can bargain for are indeed truly what I have
wanted all my life - oil paintings and woodcarvings; basket ware and batik.
Mind you, not all of them are good. Those done hurriedly to meet the tourist
demand are very resistible. But there are still many exquisite batiks, fabulous
paintings and fantastic woodcarvings if you know where to seek. Given my
case history, it was only to be expected that these latter were the ones
I sought out - items of perfection, with prices to match!
Strangely enough though, 1 did not immediately get into the swing of bargaining in Bali. Confronted by superb craftsmanship, offered at seemingly ridiculously cheap prices, I would in confusion appalled at even suggesting a lower figure - yet mindful of the guidebook advice: "Pay more than half the price asked, and you're being ripped off'. Thanks to this hang-up, I returned from my first visit to Bali virtually unscathed, with nothing more to show than one solitary woodcarving. True, the purchase of this had been quite a saga ..... For starters, 1 had hired a taxi for a half-day's tour, but decided to stop off for a few minutes in the woodcarving village of Mas. The driver, who probably got commission for each tourist delivered - escorted me into one gallery, assuring me that they definitely had the best value. Now, a woodcarving was the one thing 1 hoped to buy in Bali, so 1 looked long and hard at their display and only one piece did 1 remotely fancy - two heron birds fishing a lily pond. Elegant, yes.... but wasn't it rather insipid? And this was marked at the quite exorbitant price of $65. (i had hoped to get something for $5 - but how to tell them?) |
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we must point out a very important distinction which the Balinese make between
two clearly separate groups of ancestors. The first of these groups consists
of the dead who are riot yet completely purified. This group is in turn subdivided
in pirata, those riot yet cremated, and pitara, those already cremated. The
former are still completely impure; the latter have been purified, but are still
considered as distinct, individual souls. The second group consists of the completely
purified ancestors who are considered as divine. Everything Bali Indonesia |
