Wolfgang's photos

Photo from the opening cermony from the village temple where I live in Sembung. The Balinese photographer in front of my picture is a famous artist called Hyugawardhana. He is ready to capture the Bidadari flowergirls the Indonesian expression for an Apsara girl, angels in the Hindu mythology. The flower dress on their head for the dance called Sekar Jepun the Frangipani flower also known as Plumeria.

Presenting for a photo shoot in the Basangbe Adventure Park on Bali.

Every morning Adii producing sixty offerings to thank the Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa the Divine Order and Sang Hyang Tunggal the Divine Oneness in praise and prayer. It is offered every day as a form of thanking for the peace had given to the world.

Ritadeliana, I just call her Rita or Ritong as her trivialized nickname. She just asked me to post the photo I captured today with my smartphone.

Our best wishes for Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2020

Unsere besten Wünsche zu Weihnachten und für das kommende Neue Jahr 2020

After the visit to the temple and the blessing for the Tirta yatra festival, a group photo of the Balinese extended family came to this festival from far away. Pura Pulaki, Pura Pabean and Pura Melanting are three temples nestled among the rugged mountains and black sands of the North Coast beaches near Pemuteran. As important as they are to Hindu Balinese, each with its own spiritual function, it is the dramatic natural environments that arouse the interest of the outsider.

Pura Melanting temple is one of the temples built commemorating the visit of the Javanese Hindu Priest, Danghyang Nirartha. The temple nestles in the middle of a jungle on a foot hill in Pemuteran, North Bali. Photo was shot yout the holy yard in direction to the temples center. the hanging bast brushwood is part of the holy decoration in the temples yard.

Thousands of worshippers and pilgrims came to the temple complex of Pura Melanting to bring their offers into the temples holy center. The entrance was open for groups of hundred people enter the gate one by one.

With explicit permission of the preacher I was allowed to take this picture, which I also send to the friends in Bali. In the foreground, with folded hands on his forehead, Mayang kneels to my acquaintance, who always assisted me at the Tirta Yatra ceremony. At the blessing of the Pemangku priests, the faithful are spattered with holy water. The Pura Ratu Niang Sakti is a temple where the faithful worship the goddess of wealth, fate and fortune and pray for a happy future.

At the request of my longtime acquaintance Mayang which gave me the unforgettable opportunity to participate in the Tirta yatra festival. Photo was captured on June 30, 2019 at the area of the Pura Melanting Temple near the village of Pemuteran northwest of Bali.

Ganesha is the son of Shiva and Parvati and he is the brother of Karthikeya (or Subrahmanya), the god of war. He was created by his mother using earth which she moulded into the shape of a boy. The painting is to be sold as souvenir to tourists outside the holy yard of Taman Ayun.

At the background the entrance gate to the holy yard of Pura Ayun. It's a spacious place to wander around, away from crowds even outside the main yard of Pura Ayun.

The parade of the Mepeed ceremony along the highway torward the temple in Sembung village, Mengwi on Bali island. At first my friend Ni Made Mayasari and behind her niece Iga Ayu (Suzan) Widiastuti.

The place where i stayed long time ago. When I visited the people in Kesiman a district of Denpasar the children were posting them behind a wall, like this small girl beside the cloth with the traditionell check pattern.

Ready for the parade celebration of the Mepeed ceremony. The Gebogans are prepared.

The gate was open for the entry of the pemangku priest. Only gods, priests and good demons can pass the Kori Agung. Other believers enter the temple beside the gate. The door is narrow and usually offers only one person space to enter. It is only opened when the gods are in the temple.

Mayang thanks for introduce me into the holy Mepeed ceremony. Although it was not the only time joining the celebration it was the nicest one.