Six women in purple jackets carry offerings to cremation grounds
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- 1986
- Location
- Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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Six women in long batik skirts and purple jackets, indicating their relationship to the deceased, carry offerings to cremation grounds. The women balance the bowls of offerings on their heads as they pass through crowds of people attending the high-status Brahman cremation ceremonies.
