Flower and leaf offerings placed on ground to bless newly transplanted rice shoots 1167627600

Flower and leaf offerings placed on ground to bless newly transplanted rice shoots

Flower and leaf offerings are placed on the edge of a field to bless newly transplanted rice shoots growing surrounded by water.Balinese use palm leaves, sticks, flowers and food to make a vast array of colorful decorations, many of which are created as shrine, temple, or holiday offerings to please Balinese Hindu gods. Offerings also are placed in a family's rice fields at each important stage of the rice growing process. Here the rice plants have just been transplanted into a newly flooded field.

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