Wooden spoons have been made in virtually every nation on earth and represent the ordinary artisan and reflect the life of ordinary folk: this is their "folk art". Each region, sometimes each village, will produce its own very distinct style and type of spoon. Traditionally, the intricately carved wooden loves poon has been used as a token of affection in Wales. In the lippines, wooden rice spoons with sacred carved images of bulul representing deities or ancestral spirits. Wooden kitchenwares are some of the more ubiquitous decorations in houses, regarded as symbols of good health.