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  • Topeng Sida Karya

    Topeng Sida Karya

    Topeng dance (topeng is Indonesian for "mask") is a dramatic form of Balinese dance in which one or more mask-wearing, ornately-costumed performers interpret traditional narratives concerning fabled kings, heroes and myths, accompanied by gamelan music. T…
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  • A memory for an US freighter

    A memory for an US freighter

    The U.S.A.T. LIBERTY, a 120 meter long shipwreck, is the remains of a US World War II freighter, torpedoed on January 11,1942 by a Japanese submarine while crossing the Lombok Strait carrying material (rubber and railway parts) from Australia to the Phili…
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  • Asian palm weevil destroys many trees on Bali

    Asian palm weevil destroys many trees on Bali

    The infestation of the pest results in yellowing and wilting of palms, that may lead to the death of the affected plant. The crown wilts first, and lower leaves will follow, due to damage to vascular tissue. Major symptoms such as crown loss or leaf wilt…
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  • Balinese ceremony at the Seseh beach

    Balinese ceremony at the Seseh beach

    Just a few kilometers south of the famous water temple Pura Tanah Lot was an odalan celebration on the beach until sunrise. The locals pray to the hindu god of water and ocean called Warun (or Varuna).
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  • Preparing offerings to spend to hindu gods

    Preparing offerings to spend to hindu gods

    Offering appeases the spirits and brings prosperity and good health to the family. It is a duty and an honour at the same time, and in Balinese perspective a very natural and almost logical thing to maintain a good relationship between people and spirits.
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  • Worshippers praying to Hindu gods

    Worshippers praying to Hindu gods

    As many Balinese believe, the Hindu trinity of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu are all manifestations of one and the same supreme spirit Sanghyang Widhi. It is a common misconception that Balinese Hinduism subscribes to a multitude of Gods, that all have to be w…
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  • Nyepi parade goes on

    Nyepi parade goes on

    The parade goes on, a short but heavy rainfall does not make an interruption of the festival, just umbrellas help to prevent from getting soaking wet.
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  • An Ogoh Ogoh carrier team

    An Ogoh Ogoh carrier team

    The boy first line at the left side gives commandos like "go to the left, go to the right, turn, go back and stop!" Every Ogoh Ogoh carrier team is dancing in its own performance.
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  • Audience join the Ogoh-Ogoh pageant

    Audience join the Ogoh-Ogoh pageant

    The onlookers do not only onlook, they join the festival with playing own instruments brought along.
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  • Ogoh-Ogoh statue walking on the audience

    Ogoh-Ogoh statue walking on the audience

    It seemed that this statue was walking over shoulders of the onlooking spectators. After carrying the last figures from the procession the people brought the demons to an place to destoy them.
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  • Barong statue from Eka Dharma

    Barong statue from Eka Dharma

    Eka Dharma is a famous shipping company in Indonesia. Companies spend Ogoh Ogoh figures to make promotion.
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  • Ein Gutes Neues Jahr 2013

    Ein Gutes Neues Jahr 2013

    Fülle mir den Becher, Schenke, denn der Morgen taget hell, Aber eile und bedenke, daß der Himmel kreiset schnell. Laß, eh’ wir die Stunde sehen, da die Welt in Trümmer stürzt, Lieber uns zugrunde gehen beim Pokal, den Freude würzt! Flieh die Trä…
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  • Happy New Year 2013

    Happy New Year 2013

    Wild Deer (from the Persian poet Hafiz 1315–1389) Where are you O Wild Deer? I have known you for a while, here. Both loners, both lost, both forsaken The wild beast, for ambush, have all waken Let us inquire of each other's state If we can, each other's…
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  • Ban Huai Pho temple

    Ban Huai Pho temple

    On the way 42 km to Ban Mae Sam Laeb we passed this archaic temple on the hill which mostly is unnoticed by the by traveling tourists. Our stopover was worth for a brief sightseeing at this beautiful temple building construction.
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  • Great stupas in Wat Thai Watthanaram

    Great stupas in Wat Thai Watthanaram

    The pagoda called Phra Chedi Gonwin (Korawiri) in is built in Mon-style. Its an important site of worship.
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  • Stupa in Wat Thai Watthanaram

    Stupa in Wat Thai Watthanaram

    Worth to see is also the important Phra Chedi Gonwin Pagoda in the middle of the compound.
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  • Buddha galerie in Wat Thai Watthanaram

    Buddha galerie in Wat Thai Watthanaram

    Outside the temple its a long galerie of 28 Buddha images, every in a different style. One statue is underneath an holy Bodhy tree a frequent destination for pilgrims, being the most important of the four main Buddhist pilgrimage sites. Inside the temple,…
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  • Reclining Buddha in Wat Thai Watthanaram

    Reclining Buddha in Wat Thai Watthanaram

    Behind a huge meeting hall is a great white reclining Buddha image. The temple was originally known as Wat Thai Yai as the construction of the temple was greatly influenced by Burmese culture and Mahayana Buddhism.
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