Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Handicraft From Blitar

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Totem

This unique and particular Handicraft is a traditional handicraft From Blitar City. It has characteristics and particularly shown the ethnic of Indonesia culture.

As we know Totem any supposed entity that watches over or assists a group of people, such as a family, clan, or tribe (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary [1] and Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition).

It is the symbol of many things within the various culture and tribes over the ancient world.

In Indonesia, the existing of Totem is originally come from Papua or Kalimantan (Borneo), which is the tribe of Dayakness. Totem which not coming from those tribe is usually just the form of handicraft that made by particular carpenter from any other provinces like Blitar or Bali.

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