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I already posted an holw album about the Pagervesi ceremony hold at the private complex where I live in Sembung ind the province Mengwi on Bali. Gek Suzan, her full name I Gusti Ayu Vidiastuti, blessing in front of the holy altar with lighting incense sticks. Pagerwesi is also called "rerainan gumi" by the Balinese and means the holiday for everyone from every background - from the families of priests to the common families.

Sembung is a small village in the province of Mengwi, not far from the famous temple Pura Taman Ayun. In Sembung I stay as a member in the Banjar, the Balinese local community. My home is on the left side. The Candi Bentar gate is the entrance to the house temple and in front the private altar.

Wira and Mayun are sitting beside me, when I was posting this picture with warm greetings from Bali. My new stay in the village of Sembung was a new experience living and joining the daily life with my Balinese friends.

I Gusti Agung Mayun Jaya Santosa short name called Mayun. Since his birth in January 2017 I posted his portraits several times, last during the Melasti festival in March 2019.

My full name I Gusti Agung Wira Ditya. I enjoyed to be photographed as several times before.

In the middle of the park a statue of the holy goddess Dewi Sri standing where visitors passing over the paddy fields. Dewi Sri is always depicted as a youthful, beautiful, slim yet curvaceous woman, with stylised facial features idiosyncratic to the respective locale, essentially a woman at the height of her femininity and fertility. In Javanese iconography, usually Dewi Sri is depicted wearing green, white or golden yellow clothes with regal jewelry attire, similar to those of Hindu goddesses, and holding rice plant with full rice grains in one of her hands as her attribute (Balinese lakçana). The goddess is believed to have dominion over the underworld and the moon.

I Gusti Agung Ayu Adi Widiadnyani and I Gusti Agung Wira Ditya Auntie and her nephew, both asked me to shoot this photo in the Green Kubu Garden near the Tegallalang paddy fields. Adii already introduced me in her many dancing skills.

Better known under her short name Gek Adii. She asked me right now not to miss her posting from the excursion to the Green Kubu park on 29. Nov. 2019. I already posted many photos from Adii before, now again this image.

At the express request of my long-time friends, the couple Fatih (I Gusti Agung Anom Santosa) and Mayang (Ni Made Mayasari) I post this photo, which was taken by me on November 29, 2019 in Green Kubu Park in Bali. Together with the friends, I enjoy this post at fc. Fatih is working as ship's steward on AIDAstella cruising ship and left us the day in Dec. for the following eight months.

The three years old boy Mayun celebrating his Otonan day by eating a piece of cooked chicken, which was blessed before by an high Pedanda priest. Most Balinese do not celebrate their birthdays like western people do, even though nowadays there are some in the younger Balinese generation who celebrate their birthdays according to the international calendar. People here celebrate Otonan, which occur every 210 days according to the Balinese calendar system. This ceremony is supposed to be celebrated during a person’s entire life. But most importantly, celebration of the first until the fourth Otonan ceremony is a must!

Balangan Beach is a white sandy beach stretch 200 meters with panoramic view to the Indian Ocean and blessed by the spectacular sunset that create the romantic nuance for every visitor who visiting this beach. This beach is also endowed by enormous wave that is demanded by all surfers in particular for experience up to professional surfers. The beach is located in the white stone hill area of Pecatu, south part of Bali Island right in Uluwatu peninsula, become the famous place, and selected as one of the best surfing points in the island of god. This beach is very popular within the surfers ranging from local and foreign surfers. Balangan Beach is a very beautiful beach and perfectly for relaxation on the white sand while enjoying the tropical atmosphere and sea breeze. This beach is increasing renowned for the excellent feature it has and make it as one the best choice surfing spots in Bali Island.

While we'd an amazing day at the Balangan beach in Nusa Dua on Bali Rita is posing for a serial of photoshoots. One more portrait hereby is set on her request.

Captured at the Belangan beach yesterday on her request. Short name Rita at the age of twenty.

A further portrait photo shot during the last pegawesi ceremony in the small village Sembung. On her forehead and the neck approach the bija which means: First God has blessed us Bhakta Anugrah Sri that is welfare in the form of life seeds through their realization of Bhoga (Balinese for food). In this case bija comes from the word “Wija” and it means “seed”, rice grain (the sign of life). And second God has blessed Bhakta Anugrah Widya, intelligence, wisdom, brilliance, god’s holly light, therefore enable human to choose something good and bad (Balinese wiweka).

I Gusti Agung Suyasa with the offering made with the skin of pork called Jerimpen. The offering ranges to the enormous jerimpen that stretch towards the sky. It encourages the villagers of Sembung to always create an offering like this to be presented to the majesty of the Gods.

Product of the great master of mask producer I Wayan Tangguh which means "The mighty firstborn". The Rangda mask is used mainly in Bali, a small island in Indonesia that's main faith is Hinduism. The Rangda story is part of Balinese Hindu Mythology where Rangda is the personification of evil and is known as the demon queen of the witches.

My friends in Ubud. Koming Indah and her niece Dila in the Warung Mina Peguyangan restaurant near Gianyar/Ubud posing for this memory picture. My love to both.

I Gede Aswinata Bandem, born 26th of April 2016 already exercises the dance of Barong the most well known dance narrating the fight between good and evil.