Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Weekend in Jogjakarta

silver is mined in Central Java, and we had the opportunity to visit a jewelry store where the jewelry is actually made on-location. this is a near-finished ring...

the gamelan is a traditional Javanese musical "instrument" (or, collection of gongs, really) that requires many people to play


a chandelier at the sultan's palace


every afternoon at the sultan's palace, someone sings traditional Javanese songs.  if you zoom in on the picture, you can see the Javanese script he's singing from...

3 comments:

Traci said...

WOW! Love the chandelier photo.

Leah said...

Karen you are so gifted! Amazing, beautiful photos. Miss you guys. Thanks for sharing your life.

Karen said...

Thanks, ladies!!!