Bali Princess - Indonesia

december 2004
For most of the year, eleven year old Cokorda Maya is a normal schoolgirl. But every so often, she dons her regal robes and turns into a Balinese princess.

She's the granddaughter of Princess Maya, considered by many to be divine. When her grandmother recently died, Cokorda participated in the elaborate Hindu cremation ceremony - which took place on a scale that's never likely to be repeated.

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[walkerk19]

@ravving

Oh stop acting like a child. So what if Balinese Hindu is different from your "Pure" Hindu? It's not like it's going to affect the purity of your religious belief or the world anyway. Since you seem to be quite zealous and stubborn. No wonder India religious violence is just the same as in Indonesia.

[xGoDzxPr3DaT0R]

@ravving Obviously everything u said about the people of bali u r going against ur religion. hindu is suppose to be peaceful and open minded to other religion. And ur not open minded. U think that our practices is wrong. And ur religion kill's animals too so u cant blame us for that. U kill animals for ur god we kill for ours weres the difference ?

[ravving]

@kroypatcha ASSHOLE shut ur bloody mouth,just read all my comments frm the begining,probably u have ur brain in ur ass,before commenting think wat does the person means to say,wats the idea behind it,dont just comment coz u have all the time in the world to impress ppl (most probably to fool ppl)probably i believe ur cum frm a tribal land who doesnt know the right of every perso to express,first learn sum manners morals,then comment u bloody fool of the old s

[nattienut]

@ravving I respected both sides but if you think Hindu in Bali is different than in India maybe you're kinda right, remember, when Hindu is brought to Bali centuries ago and they had adjusted the religion with the traditional Balinese culture. Imagine trying to persuade people in a another land with 'your' believe, that's not easy. Even other religion has different culture through out different regions of the world.

[EmmaAwesomeSauce29]

UBUD!

[panji2700]

@ravving , dont worry mate, the girl is not princess like in the old kingdom, she is totally will become a modern girl, she will go to school abroad, goes to party, dating man she likes, and will marry one she loved. Bali was unity to Indonesia since 1945, and left the kingdom system to be come part of republic of Indonesia. There was 8 kingdom existed in 1900 and that princess is only come from a royal family that live in Ubud Bali, where there is thousand of royal fam in Bali today.

[ravving]

@panji2700 but the girls life will be spoilt,throughout her life she has to live under sum restriction

[panji2700]

@ravving , I think you were misunderstood with the ceremony, no body get hurts on that parade, no body jump to the fire (satya like ancient India), even no animal got slaughtered, the ceremony bring joy and happiness with it spectacular cultural show, off course it cost lot of money, but it also attract tourist from all around the world, that turning the economy and make people in Bali live in wealthiness. I think one day you need to come to Bali, we will always wellcome you with love and peace

[ravving]

@panji2700 i have nothing against bali or ur culture,but against everything thats wrong

[ravving]

@walkerk19 were ami bringing hindu ",my only point was against this inhuman n meaningless pratices,were was i glorifying my religion,u ppl r getting me wrong

[panji2700]

@ravving, well ....you should come to Bali, we will wellcome you, who ever you are, what ever your religion

Balinese are well educated, smart, talented, honest, kind and

one of respected culture in the world, that why the call Bali is the last paradise