Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Japanese Tourists Interested Barong and Rangda

Decoration crafts and barong type Rangda trusted by Hindus in Bali as a symbol of good and evil in great demand by Japanese tourists.
Generally, Japanese tourists come directly to your home or our shop to buy Bali handicrafts.
- Made Sukawana

I Made Sukawana, one of the crafters in the Banjar Mawang barong, Delodtunduh, Ubud, Gianyar regency, on Tuesday (08/31/2010) explains, every month it could sell four to six kinds of crafts Barong and Rangda.

"Generally, Japanese tourists come directly to your home or our shop to buy Bali handicrafts that," he said.

He explains, for the size of a mini barong made of cow leather fur prasok (plant species) complete with tapel (mask) is sold at Rp 600,000.
One barong mini with a length 55 cm is in great demand because it is easy to carry tourists as souvenirs from the island of Bali, "he said.

While the craft for the type of Rangda, said Sukawana, sold at $ 2 million to $ 3 million more expensive than baring mini size.

"High prices Rangda craft, because it uses horsehair hair and specially made mask from pule wood," he said.

In addition, the manufacturing process also takes up to two weeks more. If Rangda mask crafts with sizes up to 100 cm hair took two weeks to make.

Today, the word Suwana, of the 35 employees it has, it is capable of producing every day 10 craft mini barong type, while for Rangda upon request.

"Because the craft is more expensive types of Rangda we only make orders in accordance with

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