The sacredness of Rangda mask is not a matter of appearance, for this face, regarded as visual motif, is commonly used in many secular applications in Bali. Indeed, the mask-makers feel no reservation about making perfect copies of the sacred Rangda masks to sell to tourists or other. What gives the mask its power is the consecration it receives from the maker, the sacred letters inscribed within it, the holy wood it is made from, and the power of taksu and pasupati it receives in the temple or graveyard. A holy mask literally manifests the divinity, and whenever one is introduced into a performance, the unpredictable can always happen.

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