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  • Bali's Local Markets
    Bali's Local Markets
    22 images
  • Kuta Fishing Port and Market
    Kuta Fishing Port and Market
    21 images
  • Merchants' Day Ceremony in Ubud
    Merchants' Day Ceremony in Ubud
    19 images
  • Fishing Boats in Bali
    Fishing Boats in Bali
    20 images
  • Buffalo Racing in Jembrana
    Buffalo Racing in Jembrana
    16 images
  • Ubud's Traditional Market
    Ubud's Traditional Market
    16 images
  • Buffalo Racing on Bali
    Buffalo Racing on Bali
    14 images
  • Traditional Pandanus Fighting in Bali
    Traditional Pandanus Fighting in Bali
    23 images
  • Rice Harvest in Bali
    Rice Harvest in Bali
    14 images
  • Temple Ceremony in Bali
    Temple Ceremony in Bali
    19 images
  • Mass Cremation Ceremony in Ubud
    Mass Cremation Ceremony in Ubud
    28 images
  • Mass Cremation in Bali
    Mass Cremation in Bali
    32 images
    The dead are cremated in the Hindu faith. Cremations in Bali are very ornate and expensive ceremonies. Many families can't afford a proper cremation. Balinese have responded to this by making cremations a community celebration. Each village usually holds one mass cremation every three to five years, depending on the size of the village. People are buried immediately after death, but exhumed before the mass cremation and then cremated with their neighbors. More than 90 sets of remains were cremated during the mass cremation in Ubud in July, 2016. The cremation concluded on Saturday, July 16.
  • Bali (all)
    Bali (all)
    1280 images
  • Scenes of Bali
    Scenes of Bali
    35 images
  • Traditional Cremation and Funeral in Bali
    Traditional Cremation and Funeral...
    21 images
    Balinese are Hindus and cremate their dead. Balinese funerals are elaborate - and expensive - affairs. A funeral for one person costs a minimum of 45 million rupiah (about $5,000 US). The body is placed into the bull's body at the cremation and cremated in the bull. The funeral pyre is burnt adjacent to the bull. That is what a family may earn in two to three years. The result is that only the rich can afford formal cremations. The body (in the casket) is placed in the top of the funeral pyre and the procession takes the body to the cremation site. The funeral pyre, and the body, are spun at intersections to confuse the spirits so the soul doesn't try to return to its home and to confuse evil spirits.
  • Rice is Life in Bali
    Rice is Life in Bali
    28 images
    Rice is an integral part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do.

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