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  • BALINE WOMEN CARRYING VOTIVE OFFERINGS ALONG LEGIAN BACH, BALI, INDONESIA
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    BALINE WOMEN CARRYING VOTIVE OFFERINGS ALONG LEGIAN BACH, BALI, INDONESIA
    Offerings and work - work and offerings: these are what dictate the course of daily life for the Balinese. There are more religious holidays than working days in the Balinese calendar. The culture of Bali is the reward of industry, hard work and efficency. The hardworking people can only celebrate their many festivals if their agriculture yields a surplus. Tourism has created new jobs in hotels and in traditional crafts.
    A little procession passing the Oberoi Hotel carries votive offerings for miles along Legian beach to the temple of Petitenget. In contrast to the crowded Kuta Beach further south, this northern stretch invites the solitary walker. Because of dangerous undertows swimming is only recommended from the supervised sections of the beach. (FOTO: DUKAS/MICHAEL FRIEDEL)

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  • BALINESE WOMEN CARRYING VOTIVE OFFERINGS, LEGIAN BEACH, BALI, INDONESIA
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    BALINESE WOMEN CARRYING VOTIVE OFFERINGS, LEGIAN BEACH, BALI, INDONESIA
    Offerings and work - work and offerings: these are what dictate the course of daily life for the Balinese. There are more religious holidays than working days in the Balinese calendar. The culture of Bali is the reward of industry, hard work and efficency. The hardworking people can only celebrate their many festivals if their agriculture yields a surplus. Tourism has created new jobs in hotels and in traditional crafts.
    A little procession passing the Oberoi Hotel carries votive offerings for miles along Legian beach to the temple of Petitenget. In contrast to the crowded Kuta Beach further south, this northern stretch invites the solitary walker. Because of dangerous undertows swimming is only recommended from the supervised sections of the beach. (FOTO: DUKAS/MICHAEL FRIEDEL)

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  • BESAKIH TEMPLE BENEATH GUNUNG AGUNG VOLCANO, BALI, INDONESIA
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    BESAKIH TEMPLE BENEATH GUNUNG AGUNG VOLCANO, BALI, INDONESIA
    The rice-terraces on the lower slopes of the volcanoes are the source of Bali's wealth and culture. The Pura Besakih, beneath the summit of Gunung Agung volcano, is the mother of all temples, the most important religious site on Bali. In 1963, when there was a violent eruption of the Agung volcano, the holy place was miraculously spared from the rivers of lava. (FOTO: DUKAS/MICHAEL FRIEDEL)
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  • PROCESSION OF BALINESE WOMEN CARRYING VOTIVE GIFTS ON THEIR HEADS, SUKAWATI VILLIAGE,BALI, INDONESIA
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    PROCESSION OF BALINESE WOMEN CARRYING VOTIVE GIFTS ON THEIR HEADS, SUKAWATI VILLIAGE,BALI, INDONESIA
    The ladies of the village. A procession through the rice fields on the way to a small Hindu temple. They are asking the gods to favour a good harvest. Bringing offerings to the gods is part of daily life. The women of Bali spend one-third of their working hours preparing and distributing votive gifts. They use food, especially rice, fruit, flowers and eggs, to create these magnificently colored works of art for the temple festivals, to give pleasure to men, gods and spirits. After the ceremony and the procession the fruits will be eaten. That's sure.

    (FOTO: DUKAS/MICHAEL FRIEDEL)

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  • BALINESE CARRYING  TOWERS OF VOTIVE GIFTS,PELIATAN VILLAGE, BALI, INDONESIA
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    BALINESE CARRYING TOWERS OF VOTIVE GIFTS,PELIATAN VILLAGE, BALI, INDONESIA
    Bringing offerings to the gods is part of daily life. The women of Bali spend one-third of their working hours preparing and distributing votive gifts. They use food, especially rice, fruit, flowers and eggs, to create these magnificently colored works of art for the temple festivals, to give pleasure to men, gods and spirits. After the ceremony and the procession the fruits will be eaten. That's sure.
    (FOTO: DUKAS/MICHAEL FRIEDEL)

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  • BALINESE CARRYING A TOWER OF VOTIVE GIFTS, KLUNGKUNG VILLAGE,BALI, INDONESIA
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    BALINESE CARRYING A TOWER OF VOTIVE GIFTS, KLUNGKUNG VILLAGE,BALI, INDONESIA
    Bringing offerings to the gods is part of daily life. The women of Bali spend one-third of their working hours preparing and distributing votive gifts. They use food, especially rice, fruit, flowers and eggs, to create these magnificently colored works of art for the temple festivals, to give pleasure to men, gods and spirits.
    Every Balinese has a naturally erect and graceful bearing. This is in fact very necessary, in order to carry the towers of votive gifts, weighing up to 50 kg, safely on the head over long distances. After the ceremony and the procession the fruits will be eaten. That's sure.
    (FOTO: DUKAS/MICHAEL FRIEDEL)

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