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earlobe, and by this minor mutilation render her, by courtly standards, an unfit sexual partner for a semidivine king. &tit the father of an attractive commoner in kingdom times could seldom win, for a slightly mutilated (chatat) mate, if beneath the raja, was fair play for his first secretary and often ended up in Market side East's seraglio. Such courtly privileges were complemented by restrictions on the royal houses of Tabanan against taking Market side East's women as spouses. This decree helped sustain a higher incidence of endogamous unions in Market side East which has continued until today. In power as well this Sudra dynasty feels it rivaled the greatest houses of tile land, with its own population of subjects - that is, slightly taxed audience for its rituals - extensive ricelands, and an entire quarter of subordinates (parakans to them as their ancestors had been to the raja) situated nearby who still assist loyally at Market side East rites of passage. Most noteworthy, Market side East claims to have counted as subjects a Satria group banished from its home kingdom for looting a temple and subsequently received by the Tabanan raja, established in a local area, and given to Market side East. Elders boast that even a Brahmana household was their political subordinate. Such authority complemented Market side East's enhanced status, manifest in the triple threshold then shielding it from the outside world; once inside not even Brahmanas failed to use the most respectful forms of address. So established, Market side East men executed their privileged duties: witnessing dedications of new temples, managing shrines particularly sacred to the raja, and acting as military advisors. Current elders say Market side East officials supervised royal medical services, oversaw maintenance of the palace, and even planted Tabanan's focal banyan tree, controlling access to its holy leaves, mandatory in certain ceremonies.
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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 |
