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Story of Bali, Indonesia tale harrowing thus
far, let me add another pinch of poignancy to the plot - everyone on the
hotel staff came from nearby Penestanan The introductions over my guest now seated at a table in the crowded dining room, beckoned to her servant, plunged her hands into the box and, with a tinkling little laugh, held high the dish and its contents for admiration. "Now you will taste real Balinese food. No-one can smoke a duck like this man in Denpasar." I sincerely hoped nobody could, since the sinister black shape on the dish looked more like a chunk of firewood than food. Seeing it, the stunned
look began to fade from staff faces. Now they understood - the visitor
was having a little joke with Nyonya Eager to join in the fun, they hurried
forward carrying an array of tasty dishes - rice, sate, frogs legs, bean
shoots. My guest firmly waved them all aside and called for a carving
knife. Dismay again enveloped the dining room staff. Use a knife of betutu
Sacrilege But then, this imposter was no betutu - far from it. It was at this point that the staff dumped a few bowls of vegetables on our table - and unanimously declared it a disaster area. The more emotional ones went into trance. The guests, of course, voted us better than a floor show. There was soon not an empty seat in the room. And, in case you are thinking that wretched duck never was dismembered, let me disillusion you. Undeterred, my still composed visitor stood up and resorted to tearing off chunks with her ringed fingers. It is only fair to add, though, that such portions as reached my plate were hastily interred under a shroud of vegetables and left severely alone. Not surprisingly, the bulk of the bird was still intact at the end of the meal. Calling for Sana, my houseboy, my visitor instructed him to store it carefully in the icebox, so I could enjoy yet anotherserve of delicious Denpasar Duck.
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we must point out a very important distinction which the Balinese make between
two clearly separate groups of ancestors. The first of these groups consists
of the dead who are riot yet completely purified. This group is in turn subdivided
in pirata, those riot yet cremated, and pitara, those already cremated. The
former are still completely impure; the latter have been purified, but are still
considered as distinct, individual souls. The second group consists of the completely
purified ancestors who are considered as divine. Everything Bali Indonesia |