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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. 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. Story of Bali, Indonesia 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 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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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. Everything Bali Indonesia |
