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And the people gathered round him and began to argue. When the new King heard all the noise, he took up his gold kris and strode into the street.
"What's all this fuss about he demanded.
"This boy says this is a very small tower," the people shouted.
"So it is," retorted the third brother. "So small, I can cover it all up with my testes."
"Oh," snorted the King. "That is not true, stupid boy."
"It is true. I can do it," insisted the third brother.
"Very well," said the King haughtily. "If you can, you shall marry my daughter - and you can have all my kingdom as well."

By now the excitement had reached fever pitch, as all the people craned this way and that to see what would happen. But the third brother calmly stood in front of the tower and stretched the skin of his testes until the whole tower was completely hidden.
And so he became the son-in-law of the King - a very important man indeed.

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Boom.... Boom.... BOOM Echoing across the sawahs came the stirring notes of a big gong - a big gong, moreover, that was going somewhere - somewhere special.

I ran down the road to meet it, knotting my temple scarf around my waist as I went.
The procession was already coming over the top of the elevated water pipe that bridged the road - holy objects must not pass under running water - and was making its way gaily down the steps, back onto the street again. Banners waving, ceremonial umbrellas held jauntily aloft, the sonorous gong punctuating the gay rhythm of the gamelan, gods and offerings carried above proudly held heads, the procession moved across the road, down another series of rough steps, over a foaming river spanned by a sturdy stone bridge, up more steps, and finally came to rest inside the temple courtyard.

The ritual began in the usual pattern - the priest reciting mantras, sprinkling holy water - then, unexpectedly, the gamelan commenced playing. A tingling expectancy rippled through the courtyard as eight young girls, each identically dressed, commenced a slow, stately dance. Quietly as they had begun, the girls finished and melted slowly into the shadows. A group of eight young men carrying long handled spears took their place and performed a warrior-like routine before they, too, mingled with the crowd. A final sprinkling of holy water and the ceremony was over.








 

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in Bali we must point out a very important distinction which the Balinese make between two clearly separate groups of ancestors. The first of these groups consists of the dead who are riot yet completely purified. This group is in turn subdivided in pirata, those riot yet cremated, and pitara, those already cremated. The former are still completely impure; the latter have been purified, but are still considered as distinct, individual souls. The second group consists of the completely purified ancestors who are considered as divine.
No contact is sought with the pirata, the dead who have not yet been cremated. Oil the contrary they are dangerous, Offerings must however be made for the redemption of their souls.

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