- BALINESE community is known to be obedient in maintaining traditional values even though times have changed
- In addition to making these values sustainable, it can also be an attraction for foreign tourists
The Hindu community in Bali continuously strives to maintain and preserve socio-religious activities over time. They coordinate their citizens through the institution named customary and hamlet.
If there are ritual activities at the village’s temple or there are members of the community who hold individual ceremonies, the customary people will be involved starting from preparing the tents, ceremonial paraphernalia, making offerings to handling the consumption. A number of customary workers will be involved in each job so that everything can run smoothly.
Preparation for consumption
Sometimes the kitchen section has activities starting early in the morning because they have to cook large amounts of rice and vegetables. Others will slaughter pigs or chickens for side dishes and offerings. Meanwhile, for consumption needs, they prepare for residents who work together and invited guests.
While working, they also chat about current issues, daily work, just humor or something else. So this activity will be very useful because they can meet to share experiences and information. They interact socially one another and get entertainment, while the work is done.
Actually, the work is not too difficult and a lot. But the most important thing they can still maintain social relations. While those who live in diaspora outside the village but still in Bali, they can come at other opportunities in the series of the ritual activities according to their free time.
By that way, they do not have to leave their effective working time because they also have to go through complicated procedures to ask for permission. There are also those present the night before when preparing various kinds of spices.
Making twisted satay or sate lilit, for example, can take up a lot of energy because they have to make large quantities of satay for the ceremony, consumption and as giveaway for invited guests who bring ceremonial materials including uncooked rice (not gifts or envelopes).
