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of Bali, Indonesia As we waited for the ceremony to commence, I asked: name have you chosen for the baby" "Oh, we don't have a name yet. It will be decided by the gods during the offering," Nyoman answered. Mystified, I asked: "And how will you know what it is, "Well, we choose nine names," explained Nyoman."The priest writes each one on a separate strip of lontar leaf, and wraps this around one end of a stick of palm fibre. The other end of the stick - the top - is wrapped in cotton wool, soaked in coconut oil Then all nine candies are set alight, and the one that burns long carries the baby's name." "What happens
if you have a favourite name you want for t baby" Offerings were spread on the floor and over the stove in the kitchen. The tiny baby, swathed in a length of magneta brocad, elaborately embroidered with gold thread, lay serenely in t mother's arms, while the priest sprinkled her with holy water. A woman came out of the shadows, holding nine white tapers ii her hand - the "name" candles. One after another she began , light them, standing each upright in an offering atop the stove. |
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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 |
