Baloka.com Handcrafted Beaded Jewelry made with real Tagua Nuts

Eco-friendly jewelry that will put you in an exotic and wild mood.

Do you know that each time you buy an object from Baloka.com you are helping the environment?

Why? Because Baloka's objects are made with a very special material called Tagua that feels and looks exactly like animal Ivory, that means that no elephants are killed to get it... Isn’t that cool?

Additionally, Tagua nuts come from a native palm that grows only in the South American jungle that means that when you get a Tagua-made product you are helping reforest the jungle... also cool, don't you think?

Welcome to Baloka.com, where you will find Handcrafted Beaded Jewelry made with real Tagua Nuts, most of the jewelry designs you will see are one-of-a-kind or made with mixtures where most designs are never identical. All beaded jewelry is handcrafted, so you are sure to find something you can treasure for years to come.

Beaded jewelry... a fashion statement ...exotic beads and seeds ... a way to protect the environment ... jobs for third world artisans.
Just what are you going to get by visiting us. Well, first, a web site with content. Our site is clean, organized, and informative. We want to prove our value to you. Let us know what you think.

Second, we offer you the most amazing and creative beaded jewelry, hand-crafted by the native people of the beautiful and mithical land of Colombia.
We have beaded bracelets, necklaces and hair fashions as well. Our jewelry is designed mainly with Tagua nuts and exotic seeds.

But ...what are Tagua Nuts? The Tagua nut, also known as vegetable ivory, is the seed of a tropical palm tree, which grows in the rain forests of the South American Pacific coast. The nut is not poisonous nor does it have a smell. Its looks and color are those of the most pure ivory, and its cell structure is nearly identical. The Tagua nut is almost as hard as ivory, but is easier to work. For over 200 years the Tagua nut was used by craftsmen to make the finest tobacco whistles, games of chess and religious objects. In the last years this special material was again discovered and used for the first time to make exclusive decorative and fashion objects. The individual elements of these pieces of art are cut manually from the Tagua nut and dyed afterwards with natural colors. After a drying process the nuts are polished, in order to give them a special gloss.

Tagua Nuts are the intelligent choice for today's Artisan in search of a legal and sustainable Ivory substitute.

In addition to protecting animal ivory, tagua products help preserve tropical rainforests by providing a sustainable income for forest inhabitants. Renewable rainforest products such as tagua can help prevent the degradation of forests into low quality farmland and cattle pastures. The sale of tagua products also helps forest people make the transition to a cash economy when they are unable to survive in a completely traditional lifestyle.

We hope you will enjoy these exclusive pieces made out of vegetable ivory. You'll be very surprised at the attractiveness, durability, and prices of our creations. Baloka's unique beaded jewelry designs are all handcrafted, fashionable, one-of-a-kind designs. They're VERY AFFORDABLE and can be DELIVERED QUICKLY.

Explore Baloka

Please explore Baloka.com and discover all that it has to offer.

Click on the product buttons above to shop around. Wether you are looking for a great gift for yourself or for someone special, Baloka offers unique and exquisite fashion jewelry products.

Of course, do not forget to subscribe to Baloka Multimedia Magazine (it's free by the way) and to tell all your friends and family about it.

Enjoy!!!

Announcing Baloka Pre-Launch

March 25, 2006
Newton, MA
Baloka, Inc. announced today the anticipated pre-launch of its baloka.com e-store.

www.baloka.com features etchnic, eclectic and exotic products and content from all around the world.

Initially baloka.com is starting with an exclusive line of fashion jewelry made with Tagua nuts harvested in the humid jungles of Ecuador and Colombia and had crafted by colombian artisans.
Baloka.com will produce a montly e-newsletter called Baloka Multimedia Magazine (BMM). BMM will cover a variety of current lifestyle topics and will include videos, dynamic presentations and it will be packed with great content. Site visitors can subscribe by filling the registration form.

During pre-launch, Baloka is hoping to get feedback from early visitors to enhance the user experience.

Other features of Baloka.com include periodic webinars on a variety of topics with recognized guest speakers; a just for fun section with nice to see stuff or online games, including the popular "Who is moving my letters" and more.

For more information about Baloka.com, please go to the Baloka website at www.baloka.com

Baloka Webinars

Through Baloka.com you will have access to the most interesting web conferences about Ethnic, Eclectic and Exotic topics, including jewelry, fashion, lifestyle and many other related topics.

Come back often to see our conference's schedule and dates and/or subscribe to Baloka Multimedia Magazine to get the news in your e-mail inbox.

About Us

We are a small company based in Newton, MA devoted to preserving forests and the environment, and assuring that the people with whom we work can make a good living. But our goal is also to introduce you to a life style that's ethnic, eclectic and exotic.
With so much of the world's rain forests in peril, it is critical to the long-term survival and health of our planet that we do all we can to preserve them. While they comprise only 2 percent of the earth's land mass, they are home to more than 50 percent of all known animal species and 80 percent of the earth land vegetation. Unfortunately, this equation is degenerating all too quickly.
Our primary mission is to develop markets for products made from renewable forest resources (like Tagua Nuts) which can be harvested in a sustainable manner without damage to the forest ecosystem, while providing rain forest inhabitants and third world artisans with a fair means of economic subsistence.

Just For Fun

In this section you can take abreak from your dayly routines. Initialy, we have put together a game called "who is moving my letters?" at www.baloka.com/letters. Go play, have fun and tell your friends...