"Memories of the Sacred" by Rio Helmi

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memories
of the sacred
rio helmi

memories of the sacred
rio helmi

Limited Edition

For my father, Alfian Yusuf Helmi, who first brought me to Bali when I was eight years old.
He infected me w...

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01. A M B U H
G memories
...

This book represents part of an ongoing series of photographs “Bali: Between Gods
and Men” that I have been working on in ...

what you see and what you don’t
The Balinese word for this certa...

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The Barong Ket (the most familiar of many varieties of barong) is an eminently iconic effigy, uniquely
Balinese. Although ...

tions. They learn traditional dance in early childhood, perform in temples, and head up processions. Farmers...

tourists. Ritual costume is available for hire for tourists who would like a Balinesestyle wedding. Ritual
paraphernalia,...

02. GErEBEG
In Banjar Dur Bingin at the end of the
Galungan season for one day the village
virtually belongs t...

03. Ur BINGIN PrOCESSION
D
Back in the Eighties, primary school
uniforms were red shorts and with white
...

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0 4 . I T E S O F PA S S AG E ,
r
TENGANAN
When the young boys of Tenganan
hit adolescen...

05. TENGANAN MUDSLINGING
At the end of the manhood initiation
that the adolescent boys of Tenganan
undergo, I ...

0 6 . T E N G A N A N G I r L
During the various village ceremonies
in Tenganan the young girls wear the
...

0 8 . T H E P OW E r O F WO r D S
A young participant asserts his voice in
an extraordinary cultural even...

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0 9. G A r U DA B I r D
A figure representing a mythical bird
in the story behind the Legong Lasem
perf...

1 0 . M E PAYA S
In Balinese literally means to decorate or
dress something up. The single neon light
on ...

11. KETEWEL MASKS
In the area around Ketewel, there is a set of
sacred masks which are only brought out
durin...

1 2 . L E G O N G D E DA r I
This sacred mask which is kept in the
Yogan Agung temple in Ketewel is only
...

1 3 . WAYA N G
An important medium of communication
for Balinese even today, the wayang
kulit is ostensibly ...

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14. C A K r I N A
Rina was a young boy when he was first
spotted by Indonesian choreographer
Sardono W ...

16. DEMANG
One of the ‘hard’ characters of the
Gambuh, this Demang sits and
waits his turn as other character...

1 7. B A r I S G E D E
A troupe of Baris or warrior dancers from
Kintamani perform in the antecourt of th...

1 8 . B A r I S B AYA N G A N
The shadows of Baris Tumbak dancers at
a Brahmin priestess’ cremation in Sanur...

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1 9. V E T E r A N O F T H E B A r I S
During high caste cremations often a
troupe of Baris dancers wi...

2 0 . N G AYA H AT P U r A B AT U r
The Balinese concept of offering covers
not only such things as flow...

21. TUMBAK
Baris Tumbak could be translated as
the ‘(warrior) line of spears.’ I have
seen this veteran dance...

22. THE TrOOPS
Accompanying a set of sacred Barong
Belasbelasan on an annual procession
which takes place ov...

2 3 . T E J A K U L A WA r r I O r
A Baris Gede performer dances in
the courtyard of the village temple in...

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24 . B A r I S P r E S I
One day in the late Seventies,
I went with some friends up
to the area arou...

2 5 . LOT U S S T E P S
During the 2010 Bali ‘happening’ Gerebeg
Aksara in Mas in which various Balinese
...

2 6 . S E E K I N G TA K S U
A wayang wong performer in Mas con
templates the mask he is about to don,
...

2 8 . AG E M
In all traditional Balinese dance, the
combination of gesture and posture,
known as Agem, is...

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2 9. S U T r I
The temple attendants of Samuan Tiga
temple perform the sutri dance at each
of the shri...

31. PErANG SAMPIAN
The temple of Samuan Tiga is so called as it
was here that 10th century warring parties, in
...

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34. TrANCE
During the Pengerebongan ceremony
in Kesiman, the tension reaches a
fever pitch which pervades the...

35. PENGErEBONGAN
Despite the Pengerebongan ceremony
being classified by some as Bhuta Yadnya
or sacrifici...

3 7. K I N TA M A N I E L D E r
For me, the people from the Kintamani
area in the mountains of the northea...

38. BELANTIH CErEMONY
On the ridges running south and south
west from Kintamani are a series of villages
whos...

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3 9. A L A S S A r I
Tucked into a small but thick patch
of secondary forest right off the busy
high...

41 . A r O N G B E L A S - B E L A S A N
B
S E B AT U
Closer to my home in Ubud, in Sebatu
...

4 2 . A r O N G L A N D U N G
B
S I N G A PA D U
Obviously the most anthropomorphic of
all t...

4 3 . PA DA N G DAW E
Up in the mountains around Apuan
and Padang Dawe during the month
of Galungan, th...

4 5 . A r O N G I N
B
THE rICE FIELDS

A village Barong procession makes
its way through ...

46. PENULISAN
Several gamelan troupes, distinguished
by their uniforms, converge on the
hundreds of steps o...

4 8 . B AT U K A r U T r A N C E
At a certain point during the
annual odalan at Batukaru temple,
the...

5 0 . B ATA r A T E D U N , B AT U K A r U
The most important figure during the
Batukaru festival is when ...

51. TrANCE
A young woman erupts into trance at the
village temple of Tejakula in northeastern
Bali. Cur...

5 3 . PA K S E B A L I
Every Kuningan in Paksebali, history is
reenacted with a brutal emotional reality
...

55. TWILIGHT TrANCE
During the Perang Dewa ritual some of
the men in trance put up a huge fight,
resist...

5 8 . K I D ’ S C r E M AT I O N G A M E
Balinese children learn by imitating,
and they have fun doing s...

acknowledgements
This book spans over three decades of work in Bali, and I fear that I will not be able to mention all of ...

Memories of the Sacred is a photographic
essay of ineffable moments in Balinese
ritual. Compiled over decades, many of
the...

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