Fabulous Drummers
The photo is not great, because it was very difficult to capture these drummers who were moving so quickly, but they were fabulous and so into it. They provided the musical backdrop - complete with drums, grunts, chants and yelling, to accompany the movement of their demon, the thirty foot demon in the previous photo. And while they played, the young men carrying the demon on their shoulders would stop and sway the demon around, ominously. Very impressive.
Home Again in Ubud, Bali
March 21st 2015 After being on the road and moving regularly every few days for the past two and a half months, visiting new territory and revisiting some familiar places, we welcome the opportunity to once again settle in Ubud, Bali, for the next six weeks, where we will build a routine around our daily yoga study, my continuing study of the Indonesian language, music (of course), and just enjoying the cultural
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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 
