Poniklá is the only place in the world where the traditional craft of glass bead blowing has been preserved to the present day. The first glass bead blowing workshops in Poniklá dateback to the late 19th century. Often, entire families made their living through glass bead blowing. The process of blowing beads and manufacturing ornaments has changed very little since then. At Rautis, you can see the entire production process: how beads are blown through glass tubes, silver coated, dyed and cut, and finally assembled into ornaments. The entire manufacturing process is done by hand. During the tour you will learn how each bead is worked on by at least six pair of hands before it becomes part of an ornament.