Soul2Soul #42. Rice Offering.
Edition 1/1
Digital Photograph.
3000px X 2000px
Location: Bali, Indonesia. 2009
The island of Bali occupies a unique position in the Indonesian archipelago. It is the only predominantly Hindu-majority island in the Muslim-majority nation.
With over 20,000 temples adhering to a 210 day calendar for their anniversary celebrations, not a day goes by without a festival somewhere.
I met this true gentle-man at just such a festival. Dressed in traditional attire, fragrant flower offerings stuck under his udeng, the ubiquitous headdress, and grains of rice attached to his forehead, a sign of having completed prayers.
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