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Islandshari wrote:
For centuries the wood carvers art was used to decorate the pillars, doors, panels and lintels of the temples and palaces. With the influx of tourism in the early 20th century, the idea of carving for purely ornamental uses started to take off, and more and more of these artists began carving animals, sea creatures and beautiful women to sell to the tourists.