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Story of Bali, Indonesia As you arrive Astiti
stands up, bows from the. waist and courteously unfolds your batik, muttering
an awed and approving The moment of truth has now arrived. Unslinging his tape measure from around his neck, Astiti apologetically clears his throat and asks if he may measure you. By now a crowd of children have gathered in the street outside, their amused eyes following every move of the tape. A seller of antiques-yesterday pushes past them into the workroom, and offers you a little bronze bell. You shake your head; he drifts back into the street. Several discreet coughs later, your vital statistics scribbled on a grubby scrap of paper and pinned to your material, Astiti is bowing you "Selamat Jalan" in the doorway and asking you to call back in two days. Three days later, you return to find your dress, together with a pair of jeans and a couple of men's shirts, draped over a rail at the back of the shop. Astiti is bowing from the waist. "Can I try
on the frock you ask.
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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 |
