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Photo Wednesday: Balinese flower bowl
flower bowl This photo of a flower bowl in Bali is from _tris_’s photostream. . Photo Wednesday: Balinese flower bowl is a post from: 7junipers.com
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A new blog on the arts of Bali
Deborah Clearwaters has begun a blog that will present “musings about the Balinese arts of music, dance, sculpture, painting, and the ephemeral arts of offering making.” This is sure to be a good...
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Photo Wednesday: Bali Rice Farmer
This photo of a rice farmer in Bali comes from wYnand!’s photostream. . Photo Wednesday: Bali Rice Farmer is a post from: 7junipers.com
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Walter Spies
The other day I commented on Deb Clearwaters’s new blog on Bali. Subsequently, I found this collection of paintings by the Russian-born German painter Walter Spies. Spies, who was born in 1895, moved...
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Photo Wednesday: Bali monkey
Lately I’ve been thinking a bit about Bali, so let’s remain there for a while. This fellow comes to us from Beat’s photostream. . Photo Wednesday: Bali monkey is a post from: 7junipers.com
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The jester Semar
Many people are familiar with the shadow puppets that are a popular court art of central Java. Rod puppets (wayang golek) are a puppet form that is popular among nonartistocratic audience in western...
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Photo Wednesday: Bali kite
This image of an unusual kite in Bali, Indonesia, comes from sektordua’s photostream. . Photo Wednesday: Bali kite is a post from: 7junipers.com
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The jester Togog
A couple of people were asking for more images of Indonesian jester puppets. Here’s another one from the Asian Art Museum (where the puppets are difficult to photograph because they are displayed in...
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Photo Wednesday: Borobudur
This image of Borobudur in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. is from shapeshift’s photostream. . Some posts related to Southeast Asia: Nandi China’s Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor’s Legacy...
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The endangered Indonesian dagger (kris)
According to legend, Ken Arok, founder of the 13th-century Hindu-Buddhist Singosari kingdom, won his throne through a series of murders accomplished with a wavy dagger called a kris. Ken Arok’s dagger...
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Photo Wednesday: Kechak
While we’re on the subject of Indonesian ritual, here is an image of a Kechak dance from www.viajar24h.com’ s photostream. This dance tells stories from the Ramayana myth. One of its features is a...
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Filipino costumes
The estimable Peacay of BibliOdyssey has posted a series of images of Filipino men and women in typical costumes. Most of the images, like this one, simply called “Old Woman,” are taken from a 1941 an...
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Photo Wednesday: Bali cremation ceremony
This dramatic photo from a Balinese cremation ceremony comes from BALIwww.com’s photostream. Photo Wednesday: Bali cremation ceremony is a post from: 7junipers.com
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Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew
The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew is a Buddhist temple in Tailand that is constructed of beer bottles; it is located in Sisaket province. The temple is said to employ a million bottles in its construction....
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Photo Wednesday: Indonesian election officials
This photo of Indonesian officials at an election polling stations is by Andry Prasetyo of Reuters; it appeared in the New York Times. The officials are dressed as puppet theater characters. . Photo...
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Photo Wednesday: Wat Rajabophit
This image of patterns and reflections at Wat Rajabophit, Bangkok, Thailand, comes from Taiger808’s photostream. The temple was constructed in 1869 under the command of King Rama V. Photo Wednesday:...
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Indra’s lute
Indra, a major Hindu deity, also figures in the Thai Buddhist belief system, where he seen as powerful but limited and subservient to the Buddha (and sometimes as one of the four guardian kings of the...
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Photo Wednesday: Red house in Singapore
Singapore has a tradition of vibrant colored buildings with shutters. This great geometric composition comes from swisscan’s photostream. Photo Wednesday: Red house in Singapore is a post from:...
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