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fiogf49gjkf0d OBJECTS CARVED FROM MAHOGANY, WOVEN ITEMS, JEWELLERY, RUM AND CIGARS MAKE POPULAR SOUVENIRS. THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS LARGE RESERVES OF AMBER. THIS IS MADE INTO ORNAMENTS & JEWELLERY. IT RANGES IN COLOUR FROM PALE YELLOW TO ALMOST BLACK AND OFTEN HAS INCLUSIONS OF FOSSILISED PLANT & INSESTS. THERE IS ALSO THE BLUE STONE CALLED LARIMAR WHICH IS MADE INTO JEWELLERY. LARGE SHELLS & JEWELLERY MADE FROM CORAL ARE WIDELY AVAILABLE. CIGARS ARE USUALLY MADE FROM A MIXTURE OF DOMINICAN, CUBAN & AFRICAN TABACCO. RUM IS PALE YELLOW OR THE VERY DARK RUM. OTHER ITEMS TO PURCHASE ARE SPICES, COCOA, COFFEE & PAINTINGS OF DOMINICAN LANSCAPES AND PEOPLE. ONE FAVORITE SOUVENIR IS THE FACELESS CERAMIC DOLLS WHICH ARE MADE FROM RED CLAY. THE DOLLS DEPICT DOMINICAN COUNTRY LIFE. DOMINICAN-CRAFTED LEATHER GOODS ARE ALSO POPULAR ITEMS.
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