mercredi 4 avril 2007

Bus stop. Petulu


After the cremation; the bull's face is a symbol of a politic party.

samedi 31 mars 2007

The praying II. Bentuyung


The praying I. Bentuyung


People gather for the final pray, the dark is coming.

Sorrow. Bentuyung


The last ritual, this is the symbol of the dead people.

Escaping from the smoke III. Bentuyung


Escaping from the smoke II. Bentuyung


Escaping from the smoke I. Bentuyung


The smoke is suffocating and some people rather like to escape in the next ricefield.

mardi 27 mars 2007

Rituals VI. Bentuyung


Rituals V. Bentuyung


Rituals IV. Bentuyung


Rituals III. Bentuyung


Rituals II. Bentuyung


Rituals. Bentuyung


In the smoke, women are doing the rituals , using the bones cendars.

Running around II. Bentuyung


Running around I. Bentuyung


Families members run around the burning bull...

In the ricefield. Bentuyung


The smoke of the cremation is suffocating, these women escape in the ricefield for a while...

lundi 26 mars 2007

Procession III. Bentuyung


Procession III. Bentuyung


Offerings. Bentuyung


Offerings are bringed to the temple and the cemetery where will be processed the cremation.

Under the banyan tree. Bentuyung


Sarongs I. Bentuyung


Hair Bentuyung


Sarongs II. Bentuyung


Double. Bentuyung


Happy motherhood. Bentuyung


Passing time. Bentuyung


Women generations...

Woman. Bentuyung


Lost in her thoughts. Bentuyung


Under the sacred banyan tree.

Procession II. Bentuyung


Arriving to the temple.

Procession. Bentuyung


From the village to the temple.

The wall. Bentuyung


The grand son.

Hiding.Bentuyung


The younger grand-daughter.

The grandma. Bentuyung


Dressing. Bentuyung


Kids are ready for the big cremation; not yet the grandma...

Women. Bentuyung


Sitting all along the bamboo shrine for the dead people symbols....

Che. Bentuyung


Contrasting Bali...

Girls. Bentuyung


dimanche 25 mars 2007

The bamboo gallery IV. Tegalantang


Weeping...

The bamboo gallery III. Tegalantang


Men put the name of each dead people on top of his compartment.

The bamboo gallery II. Tegalantang


The bamboo gallery. Tegalantang


In this bamboo gallery, each family have his place for the bones , portrait, and objects for the ritual. Women are cleaning the yard, the ceremony will be processed a few days later.

Burning. Tegalantang


Burning the garbage before the funeral ceremony. Under the shelter are the animals in wich will be burned the bones of the dead people.

Weeping I. Tegalantang


Cleaning the ground for the funeral ceremony.

Laundry III. Bentuyung


When you are a girlin Bali, you have to help your mother in doing laundry, for exemple, here in a tropical vegetation.

Laundry II. Bentuyung


Laundry I. Bentuyung


Corner glance. Bentuyung


mercredi 21 mars 2007

Watching. Jimbaran


Boss. Jimbaran


Sicilian?

Motherhood again. Jimbaran


Baby's glance. Jimbaran


Blue. Jimbaran


with a big smile...

Motherhood Jimbaran


In the shade of the boat.

Blessing the boat. Jimbaran


Hinduist ritual before the fishing party.

Muslim schoolgirl. Jimbaran


Expressions. Jimbaran


Tenderness. Jimbaran


mardi 20 mars 2007

Watermelon. Jimbaran


Seller on the beach.

A big smile. Jimbaran


Double. Jimbaran


lundi 19 mars 2007

Porters VIII. Jimbaran