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A small shrine |
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A gas station |
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Decorations for upcoming festivities |
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Hotel garden by night |
Decorated wall with shrine |
Silversmiths at work |
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Afternoon sunlight in Sukawati village |
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Frangipani tree in the hotel garden |
And more views from my hotel room |
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Volcanic cones behind the palms |
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Market in Bedugul |
Lake Buyan in the mountains |
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View over Bedugul area |
Time for a family snapshot |
Of course a roadside shrine |
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The next series of pictures is from a "small" north Balinese cremation ceremony - in the south there apparently are more colours...
If you wonder why people look happy and relaxed it is because a cremation is essentially a celebration of the fact that the ancestor now can find peace in the afterlife. Only a few close relations shed tears for the deceased, but common balinese customs decree that they should be happy for their relative instead of mourning.
That is also why people come dressed up in their finest clothes.
The colours and the fact that there were two traditional orchestras supplying lots of background noise made this cremation a very interesting experience for me even though there was a lot of waiting around involved.
Ritual washing of the body |
White is the colour of death |
the body is below the white cloth |
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A decoration |
One of the orchestras |
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The coffin is placed on this bamboo |
frame together with the decorations |
A gamelan orchestra leads the way |
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Apparently a grandson of the deceased follows her on her last journey |
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The procession blocks the road, and other ttraffic must yield to it. |
The Pura Dalam - the temple of death |
As a non-hindu i was not allowed inside |
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Temple entrance |
In the shade of the Banyan tree |
an ice cream vendor seizes the |
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A priest makes a few prayers |
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And the band plays on |
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The burner which will  |
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Preparation for the burning of the body |
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The central balinese scenery around Munduk
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The madly loaded motorbike - a common sight in Indonesia |
Scenery around Ubud village |
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My hotel room - top floor |
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A tailless Gecko |
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Sidewalk in Ubud |
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A hindu hero |
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Stuff you can buy |
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A creatively decorated driveway |
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Old temple in the countryside |
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An improvised shrine? |
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Village main road |
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Balinese script |
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A private shrine |
Main street hit by tourism |
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Balinese cool in Jimbaran (fantastic sea food) |
Motorbikes driving by the hotel |
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Sukawati market |
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Last days glimpse of the volcanoes behind the palms |
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