Setting Out the Daily Offerings

I managed to capture a photo of this young woman at our hotel as she was just beginning her rounds to put out these offerings to the Gods in numerous spots in the hotel gardens. This tradition is very closely followed everywhere in Bali. Every home and business will have new offerings to put on the floor, street or sidewalk - somewhere near the ground where it is believed the evil spirits linger. It is impossible to walk down any street without seeing hundreds of these. And every night they are cleaned up and newly prepared offering put out the next morning.

Bali: Land of Temples, Big Sculptures & Big Waves

May 25th 2013
Prior to arriving here, my knowledge of Balinese culture was limited to what I had absorbed from reading Elizabeth Gilmore's "Eat, Pray, Love", which was, basically, that the Balinese are a deeply spiritual people who don't make decisions about anything important without consulting a holy man for guidance. The other preconception I had was that Bali's beaches would be one big five star hotel strip ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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