Ceremony

On Thursday night there was a big ceremony in a hindu temple in Jagaraga, where the Oasis is. I stayed at Ida Ketuts house, the English teacher of the Oasis, and I went there with him, his brother and his nephew. It was very interesting and we met many kids from the Oasis. Of cause everyone was wearing traditional Balinese clothing and some girls from the oasis even danced a traditional Balinese dance infont of all these people. There were also obsessed people. On Friday morning the ceremony continued but I didn't go to watch it because that was the part of the ceremony where the obsessed people drink the blood of living chickens. So they bite off their heads and drink the blood. Didn't have to see that.
I took a lot of pictures but unfortunately I managed to erase most of them...yes, I AM pretty mad at myself for that. But here is what I could rescue:


Me and Ida Ketut infront of his house. I had so many more pictures of me wearing traditional Balinese clothing but unfortunately this is all that is left.




All of the offerings the people brought.This was only one of the many tables. And afterwards everybody takes it home and eats everything. Once the gods received the aura of the offering through prayers it doesn't matter what happens to the offerings. So it's fine to eat it.



Part of the offering, pork. I thought it was disgusting but everybody else was excited about this.