Flowers are important things for Balinese, since in every single day, Balinese need flowers for praying and also as offering to God. However not many Balinese know what kind of flowers is appropriate for praying and offering such as Canang (an opened-square made from coconut leaves use in praying and giving tribute to God).

Based on Ngurah Nala’s article (Sarad Magazine edition January 22nd 2002), Actually all flowers can be used for praying. Although, there are some rule in choosing flower in order to use them for praying. Flower which is withering are forbidden to use. Moreover, using flower that is picked from the ground because it falls off from its twig is also forbidden.

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A professor said to one of his students who really like to come late, “What time do you have?”
“10:20, Sir”, he said.
“You haven’t been on time, so just wait outside till the class end”, the professor said.
“Yes Sir, I’ve been on time. I’ve come on your time”, he disputes.
“???”

It is so rarely events or agendas started on the exact time in Bali (the real meaning of on time), it is usually begun on time (above the precise time alias late). It happens almost every where in every occasion, such as starting a lesson at school or campus, working in the office, carrying out a musical show, and etc.

The illustration above still gives a proper model where the one who was late is the student not the professor but the real life doesn’t show in such way. A lot of outstanding political or social figures do the tardy nature. The time management in Bali is often chaos. If you get an invitation which says it will start at 7, it means it will begin at 7:30. Unfortunately it seems normal in Bali; there is always a tolerance for that kind of condition so it is called rubber time due to the elasticity of the time which is able to be made longer and longer – to be delayed.

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Cili a palm-leaf decorative motif, usually the stylized figure of a beautiful young girl. This symbol for wealth and fertility, a representation of Dewi Sri, is an important and ubiquitous element of native decorative art.

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Adat - traditional law or custom. Unwritten, recognized rules of behavior and conduct covering such matters as taboos, inheritance rights, ownership of land, cooking, eating, courtship, ceremonies of birth, marriage, and death, times and methods of sowing rice, building houses, praying for rain. Adat is the real law of the land, the oldest and most respected.

The local witch doctor, folk doctor, shaman, black magic advocate, diviner, conjuror, herbalist, druggist. He or she could be a traditional village faith healer who uses incantations, a ritual specialist who has knowledge of the occult and employs simple prayers or amulets, or a spiritual leader of great prestige who takes no part in community ritual. In Indonesia, dukun.

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The two dance terms used for this dance have different meanings in different villages. Both dances have their own particular characteristics. In the traditional village of Asak in Karangasem, however, these two names are combined for a particular dance form the Pendet Rejang. This dance with its own function, role, attributes and costumes, is performed at the time of the Ngusabha Kasa Festival around June/July each year and is centred on the Great Hall in the village of Asak.

The Pendet Rejang dancers wear special costumes. Their head dress has a kind of crown with expensive jewels, and is decorated with gold flowers. No fresh flowers are used, but pure gold flowers called sasak flowers, with some golden cempaka flowers as a border for the headdress.

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