Bali trip continued
This the guardian figure / mask was over the doorway to our room, Actually there were three. This called a Kala or Makara kala. It is a protective symbol and is used throughout South East Asia. The Kala is the doorway keeper of death and life,and as such has great powers. It keeps one out if you are not strong enough to face what lies behind it and eats those who have evil intent.
Here are some photos of sacred cloths that are used & or worn in the temples during various rituals.
These cloths are hand spun,hand dyed with natural dyes and hand woven on back strap looms. There is a concerted effort to keep alive these hand made textiles. The textiles seen above are called Songet, a supplemental weave and are woven in the town of Sidiman. A village surrounded by rice fields.
I think one of the things that impressed me or inspired me about these textiles were the woven symbols in repeated patterns reminding of the gamalong music also repeated patterns of sound.
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