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Sri Lanka is a country with a long and rich history, which is also filled with fine handicrafts and arts.<\/p>\n
Woodcarving is one of them. Still today, the crafts is being held partly by making traditional masks sold to tourists.<\/p>\n
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They use mainly native trees like mahogany, rosewood, teak, ebony among others. We passed several mahogany-plantations on our trip.<\/p>\n
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Below is a log from a rainbow-tree. Carved shed dings are used, mixed with water as paint, both on wood and plaster\/fresco. In itself, is has a warm orange-red color. Add a few drops of lemon juice and it turns purple-blue. Add more lemon-juice and it turns bright yellow. Add a little plaster and it turns a brownish color. Fascinating!<\/p>\n
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The mask below is not among the traditional religious masks, but it is painted with paints from the rainbow-tree.<\/p>\n
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Silks! A land of saris and sarongs, the have lots of silk. A lot of it is handwoven, and some of them embroidered for a very decorative effect. Yes, that is me, being silly, posing with my tourist-cast-mark in my forehead. But the sari, though, was stunning!<\/p>\n
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Anne and me posing as natives. Only our pale skin gives us away \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
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Batic is another traditional craft here. Above is a photo of wax-batic in the process. By applying hot wax in a certain pattern, it shields the fibers from soaking up dye and therefore color. The process can be repeated several times, adding new layers of color for a rich picture.<\/p>\n
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We met this man on the beach just by the hotel. He\u00b4s a fisher and mending his fishing net at the end of the day. This is a common activity amount fishers around the world, but if I am not mistaken it is on the red-list of nearly-instinct crafts in Norway: Too few people still know how to do this.<\/p>\n
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Sri Lanka is a country with a long and rich history, which is also filled with fine handicrafts and arts. Woodcarving is<\/p>\n