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  • Javanese youth wearing Wayang costume, Javanese folks legend, stand by on rocks in the middle of river t-junction in which a ritual of sacrificial and cleansing the two-dimensional bamboo woven horses are held in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, January 18, 2012. Javanese believe a place where two rivers encounter have mystical power. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
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  • A Javanese trance dancer sits on a rock in the middle of river t-junction in which a ritual of sacrificial and cleansing the two-dimensional bamboo woven horses are held in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, January 18, 2012. Javanese believe a place where two rivers encounter have mystical power. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
    GNJ2012D0040118 170.jpg
  • Javanese men bring a buffalo's head onto a truck as they prepare for sacrifial ritual at a former Dutch sugar factory in Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 6, 2013. During the Indonesia Revolution era, Java Island became the central of sugar industry. The Dutch built many sugar factories and transportation system to transport sugar from cities to main port in Jakarta then continued shipped it to Dutch land. To reduce the rebellion from Javanese, Dutch created a myth of the factory and held ritual of sacrificial in order to get abundant product of sugar. They sacrificed two heads of buffalo and chickens. This ritual still remain in some big colonial sugar factories until today. The ritual takes time in the beginning of milling.
    GNJ2013D0040406 123.jpg
  • Kebo bule (Albino Buffalos) mark the spiritual parade held by Surakarta Empire to celebrate Javanese New Year in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, November 5, 2013. Thousand people gather at the yard of the Palace to join a rite that accompany in a procession of Kebo Bule, albino buffalos that is believed as the guards of the heirloom of Kyai Slamet. During the procession, Javanese people wait for the buffalo to excrete and later on people jostle to get the excrement. People believe that the excrement will bring fertility and good harvest for the upcoming season. Logically, the excrement can be used as compost for cultivation; from that point of view excrement symbolized fertility.
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  • Javanism worshipers at Surakarta Empire to celebrate Javanese New Year in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, November 4, 2013. Thousand people gather at the yard of the Palace to join a rite that accompany in a procession of Kebo Bule, albino buffalos that is believed as the guards of the heirloom of Kyai Slamet. During the procession, Javanese people wait for the buffalo to excrete and later on people jostle to get the excrement. People believe that the excrement will bring fertility and good harvest for the upcoming season. Logically, the excrement can be used as compost for cultivation; from that point of view excrement symbolized fertility.
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  • Javanese worshippers bring Gunungan contains of vegetables and fruits during a ritual of sacrificial to mark the establisment of their village on the hills near ancient city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, June 14, 2012. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
    GNJ2012D0040615 301.jpg
  • Javanese men put the buffalo's head near a huge machinery at a former Dutch sugar factory in Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 6, 2013. During the Indonesia Revolution era, Java Island became the central of sugar industry. The Dutch built many sugar factories and transportation system to transport sugar from cities to main port in Jakarta then continued shipped it to Dutch land. To reduce the rebellion from Javanese, Dutch created a myth of the factory and held ritual of sacrificial in order to get abundant product of sugar. They sacrificed two heads of buffalo and chickens. This ritual still remain in some big colonial sugar factories until today. The ritual takes time in the beginning of milling.
    GNJ2013D0040406 497.jpg
  • Javanism worshipers at Surakarta Empire to celebrate Javanese New Year in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, November 4, 2013. Thousand people gather at the yard of the Palace to join a rite that accompany in a procession of Kebo Bule, albino buffalos that is believed as the guards of the heirloom of Kyai Slamet. During the procession, Javanese people wait for the buffalo to excrete and later on people jostle to get the excrement. People believe that the excrement will bring fertility and good harvest for the upcoming season. Logically, the excrement can be used as compost for cultivation; from that point of view excrement symbolized fertility.
    GNJ2013D0041104 141.jpg
  • Javanese men of Yogyakarta Royal servants lead a ritual of sacrificial to the spirit of the sea known as Nyai Roro Kidul (The Princes of South Sea) in Parangkusumo beach near ancient city of Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, June 9, 2013. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
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  • Yogyakarta Royal servants wearing Peranakan attire and Javanese people gather on the southern slope of Merapi volcano during a sacrificial ritual to mark the establishment of Yogyakarta Empire by delivering offerings to the spirits of the volcano. July 3, 2011. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
    GNJ2011D0040703 156.jpg
  • A dancer roars, imitating a tiger, as he gets possesed by spirit that is believed as a tiger during a traditional dance perfomance in Cangkringan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, July 2, 2011. The trance dance perfomance is a part of ritual that held by villagers on the slope of Merapi volcano. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
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  • Jatilan dancers at the moment of trance during a traditional dance perfomance in Cangkringan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, June 9, 2013. The trance dance perfomance is a part of ritual that held by villagers on the slope of Merapi volcano. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
    GNJ2013D0040609 220.jpg
  • A man prepares two-dimensional bamboo woven horses for a trance dance perfomance as a thanksgiving from the family for the blessed in Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia, June 29, 2012. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
    GNJ2012D0040629 013.jpg
  • A trance man offers a duck blood to the other trance man during a traditional dance perfomance in Cangkringan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, July 2, 2011. The trance dance perfomance is a part of ritual that held by villagers on the slope of Merapi volcano. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
    GNJ2011D0040702 631.jpg
  • A pair of chicken wings is left on the ground as a trance dancer eat it alive during a perfomance in Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, June 26, 2012. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
    GNJ2012D0040826 283.jpg
  • Silhoutte of trance dancer during a perfomance as a celebration of Indonesia Independence Day in Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia, August 17, 2013. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
    GNJ2013D0020817 274.jpg
  • Tenggerese man bring a goat as an offering to the spirit of Bromo volcano during Yadnya Kasada ritual in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, July 23, 2013. Tenggerese believe their ancestors Princes Roro Anteng and Prince Joko Seger sacrificed their 25th child to the volcano after their wish to be given children were fulfilled by the gods. Later on, Tenggerese continue the ritual by delivering offerings such as vegetables, fruits, money, livestock and paddy to the crater of Bromo volcano.
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  • Tenggerese man bring a goat as an offering to the spirit of Bromo volcano during Yadnya Kasada ritual in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, July 23, 2013. Tenggerese believe their ancestors Princes Roro Anteng and Prince Joko Seger sacrificed their 25th child to the volcano after their wish to be given children were fulfilled by the gods. Later on, Tenggerese continue the ritual by delivering offerings such as vegetables, fruits, money, livestock and paddy to the crater of Bromo volcano.
    GNJ2013D0040723 171.jpg
  • People at the outer slope of Bromo volcano during Yadnya Kasada ritual in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, July 24, 2013. Tenggerese believe their ancestors Princes Roro Anteng and Prince Joko Seger sacrificed their 25th child to the volcano after their wish to be given children were fulfilled by the gods. Later on, Tenggerese continue the ritual by delivering offerings such as vegetables, fruits, money, livestock and paddy to the crater of Bromo volcano.
    GNJ2013D0040723 369.jpg
  • Villagers wait for a chicken that flying after thrown into the crater of Bromo by Tenggerese worshiper during Yadnya Kasada ritual in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, July 24, 2013. Tenggerese believe their ancestors Princes Roro Anteng and Prince Joko Seger sacrificed their 25th child to the volcano after their wish to be given children were fulfilled by the gods. Later on, Tenggerese continue the ritual by delivering offerings such as vegetables, fruits, money, livestock and paddy to the crater of Bromo volcano.
    GNJ2013D0040723 431.jpg
  • Villagers stand on the inner slope of Bromo crater in order to catch the offerings that thrown into by Tenggerese worshipers during Yadnya Kasada ritual, in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, August 15, 2011. Tenggerese believe their ancestors Princes Roro Anteng and Prince Joko Seger sacrificed their 25th child to the volcano after their wish to be given children were fulfilled by the gods. Later on, Tenggerese continue the ritual by delivering offerings such as vegetables, fruits, money, livestock and paddy to the crater of Bromo volcano.
    GNJ2011D0040815 279.jpg
  • Javanese scramble to take the offerings in shape of mountain contains of vegetables, fruits and paddy that is sent to the spirits of the sea during a ritual called "Sedekah Laut" (Sea Sacrificial) in Depok beach near ancient city Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, November 21, 2013. As centuries tradition, Javanese shape the offering in mountain form because they believed that the spirits live at the higher land, and mountain represent nirvana. A unique fact, Gunungan is used by Javanism worshipers wherever they live, from coastline to mountains.
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  • Five Javanese in traditional attire deliver the offerings in shape of mountain contains of vegetables, fruits and paddy to the spirits of the sea during a ritual called "Sedekah Laut" (Sea Sacrificial) in Depok beach near ancient city Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, November 21, 2013. As centuries tradition, Javanese shape the offering in mountain form because they believed that the spirits live at the higher land, and mountain represent nirvana. A unique fact, Gunungan is used by Javanism worshipers wherever they live, from coastline to mountains.
    GNJ2013D0041121 055.jpg
  • Javanese people do a ritual before harvesting season on Bantul, Yogyakarta, 2017. A documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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  • Javanese men and women dresses in traditonal attire deliver offerings to goddes Sri Devi before harvesting paddy in Bantul, Yogyakarta, 2017. The ritual was done at the beginning and the end of cultivation. A documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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