June 2001 Newsletter
Grand Opening
Ceremonies
School News
Staff/Guest News
Featured Recipe
(Noodle Soup with Vegetables)
Putu on her wedding day
The klian's son marries
Ngulapin Ceremony at
Gusti Aji's family temple
An Ogoh-Ogoh
Prayers for Sari after a
minor bike accident
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As well as the regular Odalan
(temple anniversary) ceremonies, these are some of the other local ceremonies
we have attended during the last few months:
- One of several weddings was that of Putu Devi, who worked with us
at KLUB KOKOS
for a short time earlier in the year. She married one of the locals
of Bangkiang Sidem.
- The oldest son of the klian (head of the village) of Bangkiang
Sidem celebrated his marriage to Natalie, a French woman. This occasion
included a tooth filing ceremony also involving other members of the
family.
( More detailed information about the celebration of a Balinese
wedding and tooth filing ceremony is available in our guidebook)
- Gusti Aji and his wife Gusti Biang celebrated a very important occasion
when they held the Ngulapin (Blessing Ceremony) for their newly
completed family temple in their house compound. Gusti Aji is the talented
KLUB KOKOS
masseur and the head builder of our construction gang. Guests often
see Gusti Biang as she moves around KLUB KOKOS
with the day's offerings on a tray. She is also available to teach guests
some of the intricate work involved in creating these offerings.
- Nyepi (Balinese New Year) this year was celebrated on 25 March
with a fine display of ogoh-ogoh on the eve of a day of total
silence throughout Bali. More detailed information about Nyepi
is available in our guidebook
- An unusual ceremony was performed here a couple of months ago when
our daughter Sari had a minor accident on her motorbike. This accident
coincided with the discovery of a mass of unusual looking caterpillars
that had hatched out of the garden wall near Bungalow 6. The Balinese
believe that the appearance of these caterpillars is an omen - either
good or bad - to be placated with special offerings and prayers. The
caterpillars were also collected into the husk of a young coconut and
dispersed where the two rivers meet at Campuhan. While this was being
done a special prayer was said for Sari's safety and for the motorbike.
This is yet another example of how the spiritual world is so interwoven
with the physical world in Bali
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