Ngaben empty Releasing a great amount of

Releasing a great amount of stress

The contrast of the two at times clashes and feels unresolved and uncomfortable and then there are moments when everything is smooth and harmonious—and then there’s chaos

A little stinkbug carries his perfume vial on his back

I had noticed these ’fish’ staring at me on my very first visit there

and applying a paintbrush

Ngaben empty Releasing a great amount of"Ngaben" is the Balinese Hindu Funeral Procession before the Cremation Ceremony. The Hindu people of Bali believe that the soul of a person is trapped in its body until the body can be appropriately cremated. The soul of the dead person then can enter the upper realm where it can wait to be reborn or become liberated from the cycles of rebirth.