Sunday, April 19, 2009

Bali's biggest temple - Besaki

On the Balinese calendar's New Year's day, my friend Django and I rode to Besaki to see the huge gathering with a special ceremony that occurs every 10 years or so...
Sweating in the searing heat and humidity, we climbed up endless stairs to the last temple on top of the hill.



You have to be respectful and wear a sarong to cover your legs and a sash around your waist. Except here my colour coordination is so good that Django thought I looked like a bonbon!


We followed the crowd as they walked to the temple.



Met with a group of young men starting early on the Arak (traditional palm wine alcohol) - see blog post 'Bike trip across rice-fields in central Bali' for more on how this is made.




The Barong dance was performed by differnet groups all along the road back to Ubud.

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