General Info

About Bali Karma and What we Carry Bali Karma, based in Athens Ohio, was started as a social-purpose business. We have three objectives: Helping Balinese artists, and producers of other Indonesian art, attire, gifts, and jewelry, make a good living. We carry a variety of djemebe drums from Bali. Drum body "blanks" are from Java but the carving, painting, and heads are put on in Bali by people in my friend Ketut's village. We use jackfruit wood instead of mahogany as jackfruit drums have a better sound and mahogany drums can contribute to over-harvesting of mahogany. We can have drums custom carved with designs of your choice, and have existing styles from dragons to barongs. Drums can be painted or hand carved. We purchase Balinese kites directly from someone in Ketut's village that founded a business making dragon kites, butterfly kites, eagle kites, and a variety of other designs from giant kites 15 feet in diameter to beautiful "art kites" of a few feet in wingspan. The larger kites fly and the smaller ones are great for decoration We carry a variety of bamboo wind chimes, from simple chimes to more elaborate. They come in natural bamboo color, and with a variety of colors and painted designs. Bamboo chimes make great housewarming gifts and are a great addition to home and garden decor. The sound of bamboo chimes is very relaxing and bamboo is a very sustainable resource, making them very environmentally sound. "They make a great sound for your home environment and are environmentally sound".