Puteri Laut (Mermaid) - by Pamela Hardy 2003 This work is available for purchase. The size is 36" by 60" which equates to 915mm by 1520mm in metric. The medium is oil on canvas and the asking price is 9450 Australian Dollars negotiable (inclusive of shipping and insurance). Interested parties should contact Pam by email (see contacts).
Balinese say to their children each day you must never wear blue and green for these are the colours of Lara Kidulshe will steal you away if she can beware my child take care my child for there’s monsters and demons all manner of evil . . . always look to the mountains high and stay on the land in between hear what I say be careful don’t stray stay away from the Queen of the Sea she will beg you to play and then take you away forever to sleep in the watery deep anak you must listen to what I say take care my child, beware my child never wear blue and green *This story or kidung (song) is based on a legend told about Kangjeng Ratu or Nyai Lara, Goddess of the Southern Ocean.
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