traditional village and barong

Traditional village Penclipuran, north of Bangli

Dee at the entry of the temple

bringing offerings to the temple

store on "wheels"

praying and preparing for ceremony (there is always a ceremony occurring somewhere according to the Balinese calendar)

looking out from the temple to the village

Dee in front of the gamelan

villagers going about their lives

Balinese love their babi-guling (roast pig!)

sow and piglets  in compound

We "paid" a fee to enter this village. (that is why it is so Perfect and clean)  this enabled us to visit a family compound, kitchen, garden, animals and meet the family)
This village has given up it's privacy to gain income from tourists and have a higher standard of living.  Penclipuran is in the middle of nowhere, north of Bangli, climbing the mountain toward Mount Batur, where Besakih the  most sacred Mother temple lies.  

We just happened upon this Barong procession, stopped the car and witnessed the prayers, music and theatricality of it all.
The joy of witnessing is there for all as is joining in. 

making the offerings before the procession

the mirrored paddies, climbing upward Mt Batur

the rice seedlings

travelin' woman and travelin'daughter