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ART AND THE ARTIST OLD HINDU BALINESE ART The statue is considered very old and is held to have magic power. NO one is allowed even to go into the tower, unless it is the selected " virgin " boys (truna) of the village, who on certain dates clean and paint the statue with a mixture of chalk, honey, and water, accompanied by elaborate carefully observed ceremonials. An excellent description of this interesting feast has been written by Walter Spies in “Das Grosse Fest auf Trunjan “ (see Bibliography). The ancient Balinese also left a number of ancient bronzes cast by the cire perdue process. All of these antiquities are not in museums, but are still the property of the people, kept in the temples and honoured because of their antiquity, brought out of their wrappings once a year on the occasion of the temple feast of the village.
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