Bali first morning
View from one of our lunch spots.
SIT Bali Program Center
The human gamelan
The Monkey Dance Accompanied by Human Gamelan
Making ritual offerings
Goa Gajah Hindu Temple in Bedulu Village
Making ritual offerings
Goa Gajah Hindu Temple in Bedulu Village
Mask Making Workshop
The Barong and Kris Dance in Ubud
This ritualistic dance-drama that represents the eternal fight between good and evil is traditionally performed during festivals and special ceremonies in Bali temples, but is now so popular with tourists that in some temples, they have been incorporated as daily rituals.
Every morning, the loveable and shaggy half-canine, half-lion creature called Barong overcomes witch Rangda in a fight, saving the villages of Bali from evil spirits.
Flying to Java
Prambanan
The largest Hindu temple complex in Southeast Asia, with 3 main temples to Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, 3 Wahana (Vehicle) temples, and surrounded by 224 Perwara shrines.
Side trip to Java coffee shop!
The Sultan's Palace
Borobudur
The largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms and, at the top, a monumental stupa.
Slutty dress by some foreigners forced the temple to require all to wear a sarong.
Sites around Yogyakarta (aka Jogja)
Visit to a Pesantren (Islamic boarding school, in this case, for girls)
Kyai Muhaimim, our host and head of the Pesantren, began by showing us a photo album of his family.
In traditional attire, complete with dagger.
Final 24 hours on Bali
Clam hunters at pre-dawn low tide
