Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Ceremony down the Street


I came home from language school last week, and there were lots of people walking and driving motorbikes past the house. They were all wearing their pakaian adat (traditional clothing). Usually people are leaving our neighborhood to go to the temples, but now there were a bunch of people entering the neighborhood on their way to the temple.

I found out the reason was that the temple at the end of our street was having a "birthday". It is rarely used, but everyone went for this special ceremony.

Indrah, Danu, and Dewomang live across the street from us, and they were all heading out of their house on their way to the temple in their nice clothes. They were more than happy to get their pictures taken... especially Danu (the little one).

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