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Bali 3D
Presentations in 360 degree surround Panorama photography
Pura Alit, a special temple in North Bali
Jro Petapakan is the guardian and priest of Pura Alit since around 1980. Jro Petapakan is not only a priest and holyman, but also a healer and an oracle.
Every full moon (Purnama in Balinese) there is a small ceremony, where people can ask the priest for help. Jro goes into a trance, and becomes someone else, sometimes possessed by the spirit of a white crocodile that has come ashore on this very spot where the temple has been build. (see statue of the crocodile near Jro on his panorama).
People that can't find work, or people who's business is bad, come to him to find out what is the problem behind their problems. His speciality is fertility and impotence. He proudly told me about a (foreign) child that was born after his parents came for advice to him. The child is partly named after the temple.
The water in the ponds of the temple comes from a natural spring, and is supposed to have healing effects.
The night panoramas were made during a full moon ceremony, where Jro handed some brown stuff he chewed to someone that asked for help. Also people were invited to smell a special potion if they had headaches or other illnesses. Often during these full moon ceremonies Jro performes some feats, like eating a handful of burning incense sticks, or showing that his body is stronger then a sword.....
Arak, the Balinese strong liquor, plays a big part in the ceremonies....
The links to the Quicktime panorama's open a new, fullscreen window. Medium resolution panorama's should look fine on monitors upto 1024 x 768 pixels.
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Pura Alit North Bali Temple
Pura Alit North Bali Fullscreen Medium Resolution QTVR 557 kb
Pura Alit North Bali Fullscreen High Resolution QTVR 2201 kb
Pura Alit North Bali Fullscreen High Resolution Flash 2201 kb
Jro Petapakan
Jro Petapakan Medium Fullscreen Resolution QTVR 663 kb
Jro Petapakan Fullscreen High Resolution QTVR 2741 kb
Jro Petapakan Fullscreen High Resolution Flash 2741 kb
Tree and Bali Temple
Tree and Bali Temple Fullscreen Medium Resolution QTVR 743 kb
Tree and Bali Temple Fullscreen High Resolution QTVR 3119 kb
Tree and Bali Temple Fullscreen High Resolution Flash 3119 kb
Trance Dancing Priest
Trance Dancing Priest Fullscreen Medium Resolution QTVR 489 kb
Trance Dancing Priest Fullscreen High Resolution QTVR 1923 kb
Trance Dancing Priest Fullscreen High Resolution Flash 1923 kb
Relics and Oracle Wisdom
Relics and Oracle Wisdom Fullscreen Medium Resolution QTVR 487 kb
Relics and Oracle Wisdom Fullscreen High Resolution QTVR 1941 kb
Relics and Oracle Wisdom Fullscreen High Resolution Flash 1941 kb
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