File: Melasti Ceremony
Category: editorial April 23, 2019. Credit:DESCRIPTION (EN)
Balinese Hindus devotees carry sacred Barong, sacred Rangda, and "pratima" statue during Melasti Ceremony at Masceti Beach in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, April 17 2016. Hundred people walk around 25km from Samuan Tiga temple to the beach to perform the Melasti ritual to commemorate a temple ceremony called odalan at Samuan Tiga temple. The Melasti ritual is held every 2 years ahead the'odalan' of Samuan Tiga Temple, a ceremony intended to cleanse and purify the souls of the Balinese Hindu participants. -JP/Agung Parameswara/Adi/19
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Balinese Hindus devotees carry sacred Barong, sacred Rangda, and "pratima" statue during Melasti Ceremony at Masceti Beach in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, April 17 2016. Hundred people walk around 25km from Samuan Tiga temple to the beach to perform the Melasti ritual to commemorate a temple ceremony called odalan at Samuan Tiga temple. The Melasti ritual is held every 2 years ahead the'odalan' of Samuan Tiga Temple, a ceremony intended to cleanse and purify the souls of the Balinese Hindu participants. -JP/Agung Parameswara/Adi/19
