Ceremony

As we walked into Ubud this morning we noticed that something was different. The sweet smell of incense filled the air and more than the usual number of women in temple dress with baskets of offerings on their heads were headed to the market, as we were. When we arrived, it was evident that we were in the midst of a huge ceremony to Rambut Sedana, the goddess of prosperity. The market temple was packed with worshipers and offerings for blessings of prosperity for their families and businesses. The ceremony continued all day and Tom was able to get some amazing photographs of the different parts of the ceremony. Worshipers prayed, were sprinkled with and drank holy water, and placed a small amount of rice on their forehead before eating it. The temple was full of offerings - incense, flowers, and food. Gamelin music played, and the ceremonial gong sounded calling worshipers and gods to the temple.