November 4th, 2006 indonesiaexport
Saturday afternoon in Bali.
Hot, sweaty (nearly 80% humidity over the past few weeks but pleasant all the same).
Aside from the weather, we’re all down at the warehouse sorting out some large carvings for shipment but, while we’re here, I thought you might enjoy this new line of woven products — everything from rice containers to magazine racks and not all natural finish — plenty of bright colors to keep everyone happy.
Go to: http://indonesiaexport.com/frame.php?category=Woven+Products
Enjoy,
Sean
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November 2nd, 2006 indonesiaexport
Rama and Sita are the protagonists in one of the most famous love stories of all time. They are deeply and natural in love and union as they are Vishnu and Lakshmi incarnate respectively, and embody the perfect manhood and womanhood respectively. When Rama is banished from the kingdom, he attempts to convince Sita not to join him in a potentially dangerous and certainly arduous existence in the jungle, but Sita rejects this. When Rama orders her in his capacity as husband, Sita rejects it, asserting that it was an essential duty of a wife to be at her husband’s side come good or ill
Rama in turn is protective and caring for Sita throughout the exile.
When Sita is kidnapped by Ravana, both Sita and Rama undergo great personal hardships during their separation. Sita protects her chastity assiduously, and survives over a year in captivity on the strength of her love and assiduous attention to religious values and duty. She is completely unfettered in her resolve despite Ravana’s courting, cajoling and threats. Meanwhile Rama, not knowing who had kidnapped Sita or where was she taken, often succumbs to despair and tears, denouncing himself for failing to defend her and agonizing over her safety and pain. Sita knows that it is in Rama’s destiny to fight to rescue her (she refuses to be rescued thus by Hanumana, who discovers her), but is deeply anxious for his safety and fearful of Ravana’s power.
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November 2nd, 2006 indonesiaexport
In legends, Legong is the heavenly dance of divine nymphs. Of all classical Balinese dances, it remains the quintessence of femininity and grace. Girls from the age of five aspire to be selected to represent the community as Legong dancers.
Connoisseurs hold the dance in highest esteem and spend hours discussing the merits of various Legong groups. The most popular of Legongs is the Legong Kraton, Legong of the palace. Formerly, the dance was patronized by local rajas and held in e puri, residence of the royal family of the village. Dancers were recruited from the aptest and prettiest children. Today, the trained dancers arestill- very young; a girl of fourteen approaches the age of retirement as a Legong performer.
The highly stylized Legong Kraton enacts a drama of a most purified and abstract kind. The story is performed ‘ by three dancers: the condong, a female attendant of the court, and two identically dressed legongs (dancers),who adopt the roles of royal persons. Originally, a storyteller sat with the orchestra and chanted the narrative, but even this has been refined away in many Legongs. Only the suggestive themes of the magnificent gamelan gong (the full Balinese orchestra) and the minds of the audience conjure up imaginary changes of scene in the underlying play of Legong Kraton.
The story derives from the history of East Java in the 1 2th and 1 3th centuries: when on a journey the King of Lasem finds the maiden Rangkesari lost in the forest. He takes her home and locks her in a house of stone. Rangkesari’s brother, the Prince of Daha, learns of her captivity and threatens war unless she is set free.
Rangkesari begs her captor to avoid war by giving her liberty, but the king prefers to fight. On his way to battle, he is met by a bird of ill omen that predicts his death. In the fight that ensues he is killed. The dance dramatizes the farewells of the King of Laserm as he departs for the battlefield and his ominous encounter with the bird. It opens with an introductory solo by the condong. She moves with infinite suppleness, dipping to the ground and rising in one unbroken motion, hertorso poised in an arch with elbows and head held high, while fingers dance circles around her wrists. Slowly, her eyes focus on two fans laid before her and, taking them, she turns to meet the arrival of the legongs.
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November 2nd, 2006 indonesiaexport
This is just the start of putting some quotes online so that people can start to build up an idea of how much it costs to ship a container to ports around the world.
If you’re interested in learning more about shipping and freight, I suggest you take a look at our Shipping Cost-Effectively page back in the main section of Indonesia Export.
You can also click here:
http://indonesiaexport.com/wordpress/2006/02/09/how-to-ship-handicrafts-cost-effectively-out-of-bali-2/
And, of course, you can always just email us for a quote.
| FCL |
20′ |
40′ |
40′ High Cube |
| Volume |
30 Cubic Meters |
60 Cubic Meters |
72 Cubic Meters |
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| Houston, USA - Freight Prepaid |
3,300.00 |
4,300.00 |
4,500.00 |
| Quoted November 2nd, 2006 — Valid ’till end of November 2006 |
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| Trucking |
666.67 |
1,011.24 |
1,266.67 |
| Handling & Stuffing |
202.50 |
405.00 |
427.50 |
| Fumigation — ISPM#15 |
144.00 |
179.78 |
360.00 |
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| Documentation |
|
| Bill of Loading |
30.00 |
30.00 |
30.00 |
| Doc. Handicraft, Furniture |
35.00 |
35.00 |
35.00 |
| Courier |
25.00 |
25.00 |
25.00 |
| Packing to be advised at time of shipping but, as |
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| a rule-of-thumb, generally approx. 6% of the total invoice value. |
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| TOTAL (excl. packing material) |
4,403.17 |
5,986.02 |
6,644.17 |
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| THC (Freight Collect Only) |
145.00 |
225.00 |
225.00 |
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November 2nd, 2006 indonesiaexport
We call it the classic line just to draw a distinction from the brightly painted wood candleholders in our pop line of candle holders.
What it means, in fact, is that these are usually darkly stained wood candle holders that should fit in neatly with any type of decor.
We’ve added a whole bunch of new stuff — smooth mahogany type (you’ve been looking at a few similar updates over the past day or so) plus more models of the large albesia type.
As usual, newest models are at the top:
http://indonesiaexport.com/frame.php?category=Wooden+Candleholders+-+Classic
Enjoy.
Sean
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November 2nd, 2006 indonesiaexport
We’ve always liked this type of product probably because it looks nothing like the handcarved items we handle out of Bali — something along the lines of “different is good”.
A range of very smoothly polished wood & glass vases and candleholders — modern style… minimalist in many respects.
By the way, we’re sorry but you will see a few “non-mahogany” items in there…
…the lighter red-brown wood is teak. The red-brown wood with darker speckles is coconut wood. Everything else is mahogany.
Please go to: http://indonesiaexport.com/frame.php?category=Mahogany+Deco
Enjoy.
Sean
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November 1st, 2006 indonesiaexport
Here’s a new range of teak items, hand carved from Java — smoothly finished teak wood vases, vases with carvings, sets of square boxes and round containers. A nice line.
http://indonesiaexport.com/frame.php?category=Teak+Wood+Products
Enjoy,
Sean
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