Balinese Family Ties

Through their family temple,Balinese have an intense spiritual connection to their home.And if you thought your mother-in-law was too close at a distance of 800km,consider this; as many ‘ five generations share a Balinese home,in-laws and all.Grandparents,cousins,aunties,uncles and various distand relatives all live together.when the sons marry,they don’t move out,their wives move in.similarly,when daughters marry,they live with their in-laws,assuming household and child-bearing duties.because of this,Balinese consider a son more d than a daughter.not only will his family look after them in their old age,but he will inherit the home and perform the necessary rites after they die to free their souls for reincarnation,so they do not become wandering ghosts.

            Men play a big role in village affairs and helping to care for children,and only men plant and tend to the rice field.Women are the real workhorses.

In Bali, from manual labour Job ( you’ll see time carrying basket of wetcement or Bricks on their head )  to Market stalls and almost every job in tourism. In fact , there traditional rule of carrying for people and preparing food mean that women have established many successful shop and cafes. In Between all of these task, women also prepare daily offering for the family temple in house, and often extra offering for up coming Ceremonies ’,  there hand are never idle.

Busy tourist areas in Bali feature the same has less as large towns anywhere traffic, noise, pollution and virus various social ills. Gambling on cockfight is a major problem in the main jail is over crowded  with convicted drag traffickers and dealers, including Australian and other foreigners. However, the village lifestyle remind strong and rural are’, even in urban centres, the sense of tradition is evident, albeit with modern variations.

Dagang, ( Mobile traders ) still carry basket of snacks  and drink around town but these days they mostly use motorbikes rather then go by foot. Motorbikes are and invaluable mode of transport  in other ways to : they carry everything from floor mats and children toys, to tower of Bananas and rice sacks headed to the Market , from whole families in full ceremonial rest going to the temple to Bare – chested  surfers. The Balinese relaxed manner extends to their Driving. Seemingly oblivious to truck , buses and Car roaring fast, they will simultaneously chat on their phones or exchange pleasantries with a friend meandering along side.

Join together with all of Family

Black magic is still a potent force and Spiritual healer know as Balian are consulted in time of illness and strip. There are plenty of stories floating around about the power of this Magic . The last thing a shopkeeper  in Denpasar remember before being Robbed is Being put under a spell wish he was powerless to resist. Disputes between relatives or neighbors are also often blamed on a curse from Disputes beetwen relatives or neinghbours are also often blamed on curses,as are tragic deaths,in once case,a gianyar man who lost his second wife and new baby during child-birht blames their deaths on a curse from his first wife; shortly before she died,he had promised he would never remarry.in a bid to evercome this curse,he commissioned a priest to perform ngulapin ( cleansing) rituals.

Name is the first indicator of where a Balinese persons belongs in their family an society,revealing birth order and caste. although the Balinese are easygoing and generally egalitarian,they still observe some rules of engagement defined by the ancient caste system.those from the sudra caste,which comprises over 90% of Balinese,use the highest form of the Balinese language when speaking to anyone from the three highest castes composed of royalty,generals and priests.lombok’s sasak also observe a caste system,in contrast to muslims elsewhere.in both bali and lombok,women are not allowed to marry a man from a lower caste; those that defy this usually elope.to maintain caste status,marriage between cousins is quite common,especially in rural areas and among the nobility.