Monday, 11th February 2008 (2410 views)

Antique gold jewellery including pendants, necklaces and ceremonial ornaments are part of a new exhibition celebrating the cultural heritage of Indonesia, according to reports.

The Times of Dubai says the exhibition, which is running at the Indonesia Pavillion of the Crafts Village in Qurum Natural Park, Oman, commemorates traditional arts and craft techniques passed down through generations.

Among the hand-crafted gold pieces on display, the newspaper reports, is a necklace made of Tanimbar gold, which is named after the island. It is an example of gold pendants that are traditionally presented to women of nobility at their weddings.

According to Soel Djang Rono, the owner of the collection on display at the pavilion, the same gold necklace is also sometimes used to adorn water buffaloes during ceremonies.

Other exhibits at the pavilion include textiles, wood carvings and batik, a form of Arabic calligraphy thought to have originated in Indonesia that can take up to a year to complete.

Indonesia officially comprises 17,508 individual islands in the south Pacific ocean including Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi.

 

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