As we drove out of town towards the mountains an early morning in Bali, I glimpsed a temple atop a hill on a curvy road in a cold jungle, there was something about the temple, especially the entrance of it, the two scary statues that welcome the visitors. A beautifully creepy work of art. Some Balinese temples have the craziest statues and carvings of Balinese demons out front, menacing visitors with bulging bug eyes, fangs, long tongues and the scariest expressions. I don't know much about the meaning behind it but in Hindu culture, those statues are gate guardians who protect temples and homes. Most of the time there are two of those statues, placed left and right of gates. Contrasts are used to describe that everything in life has an opposition yin and yang. Sometimes, there is a statue of both an old and a young person or a warrior holding his sword in the right hand and the same warrior holding the sword in the left hand and so on. But it's definitely a form of art that catches my attention every single time, there are thousands of these statues on the island and they are almost all different. Just beautiful . . . #statueart #statuesque #prilaga #statuephotography #statuecollector #statuecollection #statues #statuecollectors #statuesofinstagram #backpackerstory #discoverearth #TheGlobeWanderer #passionpassport #TravelAwesome #thebaliguideline #explorebali #baliholiday (at Bali) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCdd3-OhoH_/?igshid=1u9qpuxtsulof