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Sunday 19 February 2012

10 Balinese Traditions / Customs / Beliefs

1. Babies can not touch the ground before the age of 3 months, which means they require to be held and carried around at all times.  ( Awwwww sooo loved! )


2. All babies are born with 4 brothers of equal importance: the blood, the foetus, the plancenta and amniotic fluid of the newborn


3. The "brothers" are to be taken care of all your life more particularly on a daily-basis until the age of 6.


4. The baby's placenta should be buried in the family compound as it is believed to be part of the newborn's soul and source of good luck and guidance.  ( ewww, but cool )


5. Evil spirits cannot turn corners.    ( Ghostbusters? )


6. The kitchen is a powerful place where evil spirits can be neutralized.    ( Garlic ? )


7. The tooth-filling ceremony is executed for all adults by smoothing down their incisor and eye-tooth: the purpose is to cut the gluttonous, arrogant, and bluff which are owned by every human being.


8. What happens in our life now, is the result of our past actions.  ( Which explain why some people are celebrities' children and some others are celebrities children )


9. Good spirits are believed to reside in the mountains, whereas the seas are home to demons and ogres. ( Sweet, I live in the mountains! )


10. A newborn baby is most likely the reincarnation of a family ancestor.   ( Gramma, is that you? )

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