Volcano

On the road

Ricefield

Puur natuur

On the road

Coffee with a view

Shadow puppets

With my passion for children's books and theater I was ecstatic to hear that shadow puppet shows are a great tradition in Bali. Reduced from a 4 hour play to a 1 hour play (thank god) for tourists a wonderful show was put on for us. Music was played with unknown instruments and the balinese language became a little bit less abstract then before. I couldn't help myself and bought two shadow puppets made out of leather and hand painted to try them out at home. The details on these puppets are incredible. Tiny decorations are carved in the leather resulting in a beautiful shadow. I got an angry cat and an evil tiger-man.  

Temple

Batik

Batik is an Indonesian traditional fabric usually manually made with the wax-resist dying technique. Very impressive to watch how detailed these women work and how little they get payed. This time-consuming technique has been used for ages. The beautiful patterns are always filled with special meanings from the rich Hindu culture.

The dance ceremonies in Bali are of great importance. A lot of time is spent preparing the costumes.

Fabrics

From the National museum of Bali mostly showing fabrics and prints this is how one of the prints was explained: A wife previously hate any children, and sometime killed them for her black magic power, and after learning the Buddist philosophy she become love the children.

Gas station

Coconut drinks

some more typo

Old school

The use of graphics and typography in Balinese culture. From the basic painted letters to the old school logo-design on Fanta-bottles.

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