Hanging palm leaf decorations
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- 1986
- Location
- Ubud, Balil, Indonesia
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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Palm leaf decorations hang down above a veranda. Palm leaf segments are pinned with small sticks in a spoked wheel medallion with interior star pattern. Several plaited tails hang from the bottom of the center medallion. One decoration is clearly visible while a second similar one hangs in shadow at the right.
Balinese use palm leaves, sticks, flowers and food to make a vast array of colorful decorations, many of which are created as temple or holiday offerings to please Balinese Hindu gods.
