Other Crafts
Jewelry
Jewelry, mostly silver and gold, was traditionally practic by a clan of specialist craftsmen, the pande Bratan, and they this day considered to be endowed with magical power: the are the makers of the kris, the symbol of the kinship group power. Kris handles often represents with figures of gods o giants in wood, silver of gold. Now, however, to the traditional jewelry has been substituted a modern jewelry aimed the tourist market: bracelets, rings, brooches. The best shop are located in the village of Celuk, although some have now opened Present i technique the craft (Singaraja)
Musical instruments
Bali, with its world famous traditional music, has many workshops where are made the many bronze and bamboo instruments used in the local orchestras. The gongs come & om Java. Batubulan near Gianyar, Tihingan to the north of Kungkung and Sawan in Singaraja are home to specialized smiths. Bamboo instruments are often made by the musician themselves. Go to the Sukawati art market for ordinary flutes and xylophone instruments and to Munduk -West of Bedugul- for quality ones.
Costumes
To the Balinese, the structure of the body duplicates that of the cosmos. The lower part of the body, from the navel down, must always be covered. As for the head, it is where is located "Siwais door" (Siwadwara or fountanel) and the head­dress should emphasize this sacred function. A sarong for the lower body -called endek or songket for the woven ones- and a udeng or songket decorated Leaddress (gelungan) For the head are usually sufficient. To cover the breast is of lesser importance, although modern Balinese men were a shirt and women a long-sleeve kebaya. Women wrap the sarong from right in such a way as to have two folds at its extremity, while men do it from left to right and make many folds, w. they lift midbrains, before letting the extremity hang loo in the front; on top of this they wrap a small saput.
Most traditional costumes are derived from these b Balinese costumes. The woven sarong or ikat cloth used make them can be found at the beach markets or, better, the Sukawati Art Market.
The Balinese make also beautiful dance costumes, sophisticated headdresses made of mother of pearl, and/ flowers and leather. These costumes, although made all the island, are best found in the Sukawati Batuan area: craftsmen of Sukawati paint the golden prada motif of danceris apparels, while in nearby Puaya they make the h dresses and other elements -it is even possible to buy the whole barong.
Wayang puppets
To buy the leather puppets from the wayang pup show theater, the best place is among the craftsmen of Babakan neighborhood in Sukawati. While if you want same painted on glass, you should go to Nagasepa to south of Singaraja.
Miscellaneous
Forrltual umbrellas symbol of the world, Paksebah n Klungkung and Mengwi West of Denpasar are the places to go, although they are for sale in Sukawati too. The best bam­
boo furniture is in Plaga and Bona, near Gianyar, where they also make bags and other items from the tal leaf.