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A noisy traffic junction, the village of Batubulan (moonstone) specializes in carving statues, friezes, and ornaments out of soft grey paras stone.
They include Clients Consulting a Sorceress and Strolling Musicians, vivid little friezes of an octopus, a cat catching a quail, and the huge exciting mural of Alexander driving Darius of Persia from the battlefield at Issus in 333 b.c.
Subsequent “licences” granted by the Ottomans to European nobles saw many prize friezes disappear to archaeological collections around Europe, including the Elgin marbles (ornately carved pediments) that were taken to London by Lord Elgin.
Splendidly ornate stone friezes realistically depict battle scenes of World War I, with each branch of the forces represented.
To the south of town on the Gianyar road is Pura Dalem Penuggekan, a typical example of the many temples for the dead: Carved friezes show the nightmarish tortures awaiting sinners in the after-life.
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