乌布德格拉朗梯田，印度尼西亚巴厘岛 Tegalalang Rice Terraces, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia (© Michele Falzone/Alamy)

乌布德格拉朗梯田，印度尼西亚巴厘岛 Tegalalang Rice Terraces, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia (© Michele Falzone/Alamy)

Terraced fields of green

Twice a year, all of Bali, Indonesia—including those who live and work in the lush, green rice terraces you see here—join together to celebrate the country's most important holiday, Galungan. This 10-day Balinese-Hindu milestone always comes at the end of the traditional 210-day Balinese calendar, usually in March or April, and then again in September or October.

This spring, the festivities began on April 14, and on that day the Balinese invited the spirits of their ancient ancestors into their homes with prayers and other offerings draped from bamboo poles called penjor, which seem to be erected everywhere. Planted in the ground at individual homes or along the sides of roads and decorated with coconut leaves and flowers, penjor are used to hang offerings as a kind gesture towards the spirits. The tenth and final day of Galungan is called Kuningan, which comes on April 24 this year. To mark this finale, a specially prepared yellow rice will be offered to the departing ancestors, a gift to accompany them on their return journey to the spirit world.

绿色梯田

每年两次，印度尼西亚巴厘岛—包括那些住在这里绿油的梯田里生活和工作的人—一起庆祝这个国家最重要的节日，加尔隆根。这10天的巴厘印度教里程碑总是在传统的210天巴厘历的结束，通常是在3月或4月，然后在9月或10月再次出现。

今年春天，节日从4月14日开始，那天巴厘人邀请他们古老祖先的灵魂们到他们的家里，祈祷和其他祭品都是用竹竿做成的，这些竹竿上挂着，这些祭品似乎到处都是竖立的。彭若尔种植在单独的家里或道路的两侧，用椰子叶和鲜花装饰，用来悬挂祭品，作为对灵魂的一种亲切的姿态。高龙根的第十天也是最后一天，叫做昆ingan，今年4月24日。为了纪念这一结局，将向离世的祖先赠送一份特制的黄米，作为陪伴他们返回精神世界的礼物。