Sunday, October 5, 2008

BALI- sea and ceremony

attentive ceremony watchers
hanging panjar (woven entirely of palm frond)
elegant balance
exchange
woman prays beneath
procession and offering
silver flutes, flowers and ebony hair
musicians and muscles
temple gateway
the gods must also be dressed and blessed
portrait of participants
young Eliot, a Balinese convert
walking the neighborhood (banjar) to temple
gateway guardian with incense
procession on the move (moto photo)
a touch of the coast
rough turquoise
golden green
panjar hanging and ceremony on the sea