The 3rd Annual Smithsonian magazine Photo Contest
Congratulations to Grand Prize Winner, Pang Piow Kan of Penang, Malaysia. His image of a sumptuous statue shaded by umbrellas is a photograph of a cremation rite in Bali.

In Bali, Indonesia, cremation is believed to liberate the souls of the dead so that they can reincarnate. In this photograph, Pang records a tribute to the ancestors of people living in Bali’s Sanur region.
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