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Friday 23 November 2012

Magnificent ritual


If you have ever been in Bali, it is impossible if you don't know anything about sesajen. It's everywhere! At the pedestrian, at local store, at the temple, in the restaurant, at the beach, in your hotel room, and many more. And it comes out with various sizes. Ritual offerings or Sesajen is a magnificent ritual of Hinduism. Hindu is the most professed religion in Bali.

The most prominent




"In Indonesian, ancient temples are referred to as candi; thus locals refer to "Borobudur Temple" as Candi Borobudur. The term candi also loosely describes ancient structures, for example gates and baths. The origins of the name Borobudur however are unclear, although the original names of most ancient Indonesian temples are no longer known. The name Borobudur was first written in Sir Thomas Raffles' book on Javan history. Raffles wrote about a monument called borobudur, but there are no older documents suggesting the same name. The only old Javanese manuscript that hints at the monument as a holy Buddhist sanctuary is Nagarakretagama, written by Mpu Prapanca in 1365."
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur