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Muslim wedding in Java |
The Bride and Groom to be |
The Wedding Party (my friend Wayan on the right) |
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2 beautiful 'flower girls' |
Preparing for the feast! |
Some of the many helpers |
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Fun! |
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Temple Offerings at my house |
Small temple in rice field, near my house |
Temple offering at base of small temple - detail |
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In June & July, Bali has it's annual
Kite
Festival |
Kite with Tail in Sanur
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Temple and temple offerings
are VERY important
activities in the Hindu tradition. There are Hindi
ceremonies that can every day in Bali: |
Women in traditional dress on the way to the temple |
Procession near Sideman
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One temple in Ubud |
Women carrying offerings |
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Bandur detail
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Household offering detail
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Offerings at the temple - taken home after they are blessed
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Cremation ceremonies are held only when a rich
or royal person passes away. They are very expensive.
Less well off families join in the ceremony with their deceased
relatives |
A long procession of floats carrying symbolic gifts AND the actual
deceased |
To 'confuse' the evil spirits, the tower carrying the deceased are
spun several times. This confuses the evil spirits |
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Cremation float close-up Click here to send this image as a Free Postcard |
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NYEPI - the day of silence on Bali (Hindu tradition). The
night before these ogoah-ogoahs are paraded around the villages to
scare away the evil spirits. Here's
how I saw it |
Biker
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Wow! So BIG! |
Ridem' Cowboy! |
Where's the barber? |
Proud of their creation! |
Nice dress |
...waiting.... |
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Empty Monkey Forest Road |
Being carried |
Girls participate |
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everyone has fun |
the soccer field |
'kids' ogoh-ogoh
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what a pair |
detail |
another |
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head detail |
a monkey on his back |
another |
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one lucky kid!
The following are from 2002 preparations from
different villages throughout Bali... Click here to send this image as a Free Postcard |
A very thin flying woman devil |
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Well, he seems to be pretty excited by it all!
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Yes, the kids help too! Click here to send this image as a Free Postcard |
"Hey, get off my back!"
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The Ramayana epic
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Well, maybe not ALL the images are from mythic stories
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