Every temple in Bali has a regularly scheduled festival, an odalan, to celebrate the anniversary of temple dedication.

Every temple in Bali has a regularly scheduled festival, an odalan, to celebrate the anniversary of temple dedication. Stock Photo
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Edmund Lowe / Alamy Stock Photo

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2581 x 3879 px | 21.9 x 32.8 cm | 8.6 x 12.9 inches | 300dpi

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March 2012

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Sidemen, Bali, Indonesia

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Every temple in Bali has a regularly scheduled festival, an odalan, to celebrate the anniversary of temple dedication. Women come and put down their offerings in a small open pavilion (bale) and make last-minute adjustment. The men remove their sandals and then sit cross-legged (masila) on them on the ground. The women rejoin their families on the ground, kneeling (matimpuh) rather than sitting. Each worshipper puts a canang on the ground in front of where he or she is seated, and then places a stick of smoking incense on the top of the canang or sticks it into the ground nearby, ready for the prayers.