Today was excursion day and that meant that we had to clock out of bed at 7:00. As always, we enjoyed a hearty breakfast and found ourselves at 8.30 clock in our tour area. There was already
Kajun, our driver went there shortly before the hotel portal to the elegant black Toyota with beige leather seats.
Our Kajun introduced himself again and then told us a lot about the rites and religion. We found it fascinating to hear that in Bali 80% of the population are Hindus who pray three times daily. Each house has its own temple, and every three months, there is a ceremony in one of three local temples. Bali has some 5,000 temples. Two of them we would get to see.
But first we went to Batubulan, where we saw a dance performance of the Balinese Barong dance. In the Balinese belief, there are good and evil exist side by side. Here, the Barong is a mystical creature that represents the existing forces for good on earth.
There are Rangda. This is the queen of witches who embodies evil.
The shown there were similar scenes of the ceremony, which is normally shown in the temple. We found the presentation sometimes a bit childish and exaggerated. Very nice to see were two girls who were dancing the Legong. We were thrilled by the colorful costumes.
At the end of the presentation we saw some dancers who stood out in the trance state with a knife into the body without bleeding. In order to release them from the trance state, a temple priest, the dancers sprinkled with holy water.
drove After vielbeklatschten idea further and we were fortunate enough to see a Balinese house from the inside may be. It was disturbing to us only a little uncomfortable, to support families in their daily activities, But apparently the family lived on the donations of visitors.
The apartment consisted of several houses that were hidden behind a wall. We were very surprised to see that each room was housed in a separate house. So there was a building as a children's bedroom, a building for the parents, a kitchen house, a place where the dead are laid out before combustion and back in the corner there was a temple and a monument for the deceased grandmother.
addition to the house we found several baskets in which chickens were kept individually and lived in the two-Landaker a cage.
On our journey we saw a few of these "houses" and Kajun told us that before the "dip" of tourists every Balinese house 30 years ago it looked.
is Actually we noticed that the slightly tatty acting stalls were more likely to find in the tourist resorts. Further inland, the individual sites were well maintained and especially the many temples made very complicated.
Soon we came to our first temple, we wanted to visit, the "Taman Ayun Tample. Before we were allowed to enter the temple complex at all, we had to put a sarong.
Then came the hard work for Miriam and Kajun that had Beate at about 40 ° C in the shade of several steps up again and drag down.
Soon we reached the interior of the temple and it was a bit confusing for us to keep the many different representations of God apart.
We admired the building and soon after it went on again.
On our way we came through villages, which were all known for a special arts and crafts. So it was a place mainly Wood carvings making it, then we passed through the gold and Silberort, the next village had to offer masonry work mainly and again in another village, there were paintings, and later pottery and even kites.
About an hour later we came to the temple "Pura Tirtha Empul" with the word "Tirtha" "holy water". was collected at this temple, there were sources, the water in a stone basin. There, the Balinese brought their offerings and purified themselves with holy water. That is, there was also dabbled happily.
Inside the temple (Once again it went up and down stairs) we met again at the many Islamic statues and this time on some Balinese who were praying there.
For us, it was also exciting that Kajun had displayed a sacrificial cup coconut leaves from the front of the car. When we asked, he stated that he sets up for a good day this bowl and filled with rice, flowers and incense. Some rice grains are glued to the forehead.
Hinduism is very different to the Christian religion, and we were amazed that everyone, absolutely everyone is very spiritual here and in the power of Deities believes.
Back in the car we had just driven a few feet, when the great rain and broke us a line made by other companies. Actually, we still wanted to visit a spice garden of cocoa and coffee plants and then do an extensive trip through the rice fields. This was in the truest sense of the word completely into the water.
were quickly flooded the streets after halfway and Germany would probably be blocked off all right. Here, however, drove all of them, with the typical motorbike or by car, through the huge puddles that looked more like lakes and fountains sprayed on both sides of the street to the shops.
A word on the road, we were definitely glad to have rented a car and driver, because two lanes from three to four cars drove side by side and crowded in between the many moped riders. Then there was driving on the left and whether it was really traffic rules, we were not clear until the very end. In any case, we usually went right on the dotted line and if there were to pass something, then always with by a solid center line. Red lights are often overlooked sometimes but still was honked at every opportunity.
We were glad that we are in an air-conditioned Car sat, because every time we got out, hit us again this hot, humid air counter.
Quite exhausted, but to some new experiences we came at 15.00 clock back to the Intercontinental. We were really hungry and tired, it just made it up to the restaurant and treated ourselves to there typical Balinese satay skewers with peanut sauce.
We then made a little nap, because now it started to rain here at Jimbaran. Miriam's cold had now grown into a strong cough and colds and in order not to make matters worse, we spent a comfortable night in the room and dedicated ourselves to writing reports.
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