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To the Balinese, their Hindu ceremonies are everything. There are ceremonies for the temple, for the priests, for births, for weddings, for maturation, and for deaths. These are no simple affairs. Dozens, if not hundreds of people are involved the preparations. This means that the average Balinese is involved in at least one ceremony a month. The streets are constantly crowded with long ceremonial processions. |
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Many of the temples of Bali are breathtaking to behold. From large to small, from the highest mountain to rocks out in the sea, from ricefields to street corners, from cars to pedal bikes, temples are everywhere. Every home has a family temple. Every store has a temple. The local priest decides the best place for each temple which sometimes means that it ends up right in the middle of a doorway. |
Offerrings of food and flowers are an intergral part of every Balinese's daily life. Offerings are made to the evil sprits, the good spirts, and the dead. The Balinese believe that man exists in a equilibirum between good and evil and that they must keep these forces in balance at all times. They do not believe that they can ever get rid of the eveil spirits, just balance them off with the good spirits. |
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These are but a few of the images of Bali that we have found. There are of course the beautiful beaches and images of the tropical paradise that it is. But the real beauty is it's people and their harmonic existence with their world. There remains so much more of this wonderful place for us yet to discover. |
