Thanks for following. I love the pictures on your blog. They are GORGEOUS!!!
Today the streets in Bali are lined with penjors
Today all Balinese gets a 10 day visit from their relatives. Their dead realitives, that is: the ancestors. Today is Galungan Day where the deified ancestors descend on earth to visit their former homes. They are welcomed like family: pigs are slaughtered, flowers are braided, and whole forests of incense stick are being torched. The roads are lined with penjors, tall and willowy bamboo poles with offerings dangling from their tips and chants and prayers are heard from every temple. The celebration ends on Kuningan Day, 10 days from now. It is the biggest celebration of the Balinese year, and the most beautiful.
Walk down any street in Bali, and you find the ground strewn with little square trays made of woven coconut leafs, decorated with flowers, fruits and palm leaves. These are offerings to the gods known as canang sari - ‘sari’ means essence and ‘canang’ means offering - diligently placed by the Balinese as part of their daily ritual of worship. You find these beautiful little trays everywhere you go on Bali, because everywhere is a place of worship. Even in hospitals, airports and shopping malls.
coeurdechloe:
I won't lie, eat pray love may be the thing that put bali on my map, but i really am dying to go one day!
Thanks for following and i cant wait to see more gorgeous pictures!
You are more than welcome. Also to Bali. You can actually meet some of the real life characters from the book quite easily…
