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According to the Sunday Times , the cult's leader, a con man called Joseph di Mambro, had made her a "high priestess" in a ghoulish quasireligious ceremony with strong sexual undertones, and got her to pay nearly $10 million into a Swiss bank.
International travel agents were given a tour of the country, including a visit to Bali that coincided with an important Balinese ceremony in March 1963 at the so-called “mother temple” Besakih, on the slopes of the island’s highest mountain, Gunung Agung.
The gruff, bluff warriors’ taste for art — calligraphy, landscape painting, the tea ceremony, music, dance, and theater — coincided with a renewed interest in things Chinese, above all the teachings of Zen Buddhism.
Actually, it's just about the most beautiful ceremony I've ever read, but I'm very confused.
There was a news story about a couple in Philadelphia who paid for their $34,000 wedding by selling advertising space at the ceremony and reception!