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few hours later, relatives reverently gather the ashes from the sarcophagus,
and carry them in a subdued procession to the sea (or river) for purification. Tradition has been ovserved. The bon voyage party is over and the soul sped on its way to Paradise. NINE LITTLE CANDLES "You re just the one I wanted to see," said my friend Nyoman, strolling across the road to meet me, as I came home from the market, proudly carrying my latest purchase - a pornographic chess set.- (take heart - porn pawns have nothing whatever to do with the story-they re just tossed in for a spot of local colour). I was looking for you," continued Nyoman, "because today is exactly one month and seven days since the birth of our daughter, so we' , re making an offering giving thanks to the gods for the first 42days of her life." Just a minute," I interrupted, laughing apologetically. "Haven't you got your dates mixed? One month and seven days, even with my shaky arithmetic, is surely 35 days" But not by our reckoning, "explained Nyoman. "Each month has 35 days - but a week is counted as 7-days, because we use both a lunar and a solar calendar." (And before anyone starts saying that's odd, let me tell you that -there was a time, not so long ago, when Nyepi, the Balinese New Year, was celebrated in different districts up to 14-days apart. Now it's been officially stabilised, and is held every 365 days - as on a western calendar). |
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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 |
