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This footage from Desa Pakraman Ampel captures the sacred moment when the embodiment of Dewi Durga emerges during the Napak Pertiwi (Mesolah) ritual of Odalan Dalem — a powerful encounter between humans, ancestral spirits, and unseen cosmic forces.

In Balinese ritual tradition, sacred masks (sesuhunan) are living vessels. When a dancer wears the Rangda mask, they undergo ngalih wujud — a transformation that allows Durga’s fierce but protective energy to manifest. With her wild gestures, leather tongue, long nails, and ancestral magic cloth, Rangda symbolizes the forces of death, transition, and rebirth that keep the cosmic cycle in balance.

🌺 A rare ethnographic glimpse into a living Balinese ritual — where the boundary between human and divine opens just long enough for the spirit to speak.

📍Ampel, Pejukutan – Nusa Penida, Bali

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