BALINESE consider art as the heart of the life itself. Without art, life seem completely dull. Whatever the Balinese create it usually had a slightly contact with their faith and religion. Balinese have a wide collection of hand-made artistic crafts. From wooden material to stone and many 'unusual' material, which is Bali famous for.
Bali produces fine stone and wood carvings, superbly carved wooden masks, finely painted and beautiful enough to decorate any wall. Once you've perused a few outlets, though, you'll soon realize that original ideas are not all that common, and that certain subjects (like carved weeping Buddhas and portraits of Baris dancers, for example) recur in most commercial galleries.
This copying is as much a traditional practice as it is a commercial one, as Balinese culture has always defined a fine artist as one who replicates the work of his or her forbears to perfection; but if you look carefully enough you'll soon be able to distinguish between a crude piece of work and one that's more delicately finished.
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