Today is the cremation day for Nelly Sukawati, who passed away at the age of 98. It is the first time ever that a …

A few weeks ago Ubud was shocked to hear of the tragic death of Cokorda Putra Widura, a  prince from the Ubud palace who was …

Following our previous installment on the royal cremation, with this photo essay we take a look at the big day, the peak of all the …

  At 8:00 am on the the 11th of November, at the age of 83, the prince Tjokorda Raka Sukawati passed away in Denpasar. Preparations …

Diana Darling attends a press conference for the upcoming cremation at Puri Ubud. On Friday afternoon, Puri Ubud convened a press conference about the upcoming …

But this bit of monster meccano set assembly always has everyone holding their breath. First you have to wrestle what must be a ton of tiered roofs up the ramp while not destroying any of the delicate tinsel paper cut out filigree stuff. Then you have to get 20 guys to manoeuvre it exactly into place so that when it goes up it more or less slots unto the base (for obvious reasons it is never designed to be a tight fit). Then you slowly carefully hoist it up with teams of men pushing on long poles in concert….