Preparations
for the royal cremation are hotting up. Ray and I were in Ubud today and took
more pictures of the funeral tower and the sarcophagus in the process of being
built. I have included some here. According to Gade it is going to be a
spectacular event. He has booked us a second story restaurant for 100,000 rp
and warned us we must be there early because there will be tons of
people....thousands. People come from the villages all around Ubud - he says it
will be crazy. We have been told that the cremation is for the grandchild of
the old King. I will try and verify this.
The outside courtyard of the palace (Peter that is where the
dancing started off) has been turned into a factory where all of the different
community groups come to build or create the decorative parts for the tower and
cremation: don't know where they all go yet, but no doubt we will spot them
somewhere on Sunday. It is almost like
being at the Rio Carnival except there is only one float and Samba school!!!
After
the viewing and energized atmosphere of the palace, we walked back toward
Penestanan and headed up a steep hill, along the side of some buildings, and
into the tranquility of the rice fields. Passing through lush patches of green,
with the water gushing beside us in the various canals, we soon arrived at Sari
Organic where we ate a late lunch. A major problem though….no Bintang….only a
home made wheat beer!!!
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