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Solidarity: Hindu students protested in Denpasar on Tuesday against days of unrest in Tibet that has seen over 100 people killed in protest against Chinese rule in the world’s highest region, according to the Tibetan government in exile. The students called for independence for Tibet and called on Beijing to respect human rights. They said Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was a “symbol of world peace.”
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Farewell: Thousands of residents of Bedulu village in Gianyar took part in a spectacular ceremony on Tuesday this week, as one of Bali’s most important and revered priests was cremated, in accordance with the prevailing Hindu tradition. Ida Pedanda Lingsir Griya Wanayu died in December aged 98.
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Purification: Balinese converge along the shoreline of Batu Bolong Beach in Kerobokan, North Kuta, on Tuesday, as part of the island-wide Melasti temple-paraphernalia cleansing ritual ahead of Nyepi, the Hindu Day of Silence that falls on Friday.
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Happy Birthday, Denpasar: Residents took to the streets of Bali’s capital in their traditional finery at the weekend and earlier this week as Denpasar celebrated its 16th birthday. A string of city-wide cultural events was staged to mark the occasion. Previously, Denpasar was ruled by Badung Regency, but has since become its own self-governing district.
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Monster Factory: Workers make giant ogoh-ogoh effigies ahead of Nyepi on March 7, when on the eve of the Hindu Day of Silence, the fearsome-looking creatures will be raucously paraded through towns and villages across Bali, to ward off evil demons. Most banjars (communities) make their own ogoh-ogoh, but some opt to forego the labor-intensive task and instead buy them. At this temporary factory in Kuta district, ogoh-ogoh were selling this week for between Rp1 million (US$109) and Rp17 million.
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Dark Side: A Balinese practitioner of black magic lies as a corpse while a “spirit” in the form of a monkey dances over him, in this scene from the Calonarang Dance performed on Wednesday night and into the early hours of Thursday morning in the village of Tanjung Bungkak Kelod in Denpasar. The dance is considered sacred and was enacted in an attempt to banish any evil in the area after several people died in the village, local officials told The Bali Times.
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New Year Celebrations: A dragon leaves a lantern-speckled Dharmayana Temple in Kuta as the Chinese population of Bali celebrated the Lunar New Year on Wednesday night. Less than 1 percent of Bali’s predominantly Hindu populace of 3.15 million is ethnic Chinese.
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