Everyday" Balinese life is forged by social responsibilities to numerous groups and by ritual observance, preeminently at frequent temple ceremonies, but daily in small acts of piety such as placing an offering at a corner of a residential courtyard, or by wearing a flower over an ear, following the purifying performance of ablutions and prayers. How has tourism affected this "everyday" life?
First, some of the ceremonies performed for tourists have been "edited" from among the rich diversity of Balinese music, drama and dance, and have become boring to villagers. A performance of the confrontation between Rangda (the Destructive Witch) and Barong (the Benevolent Bestial Demon) was scheduled during the 1970s on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in the village of Batubulan. Tourists arrived by taxi and bus, and were charged an admission fee to enter the "theatre" and watch the actors, hear the music and follow the printed program "libretto" for about an hour. Only villagers who were responsible for the production were present; in earlier years children and spectators had watched from the periphery, witnessing the spectacle.
Everyday" Balinese life is forged by social responsibilities to numerous groups and by ritual observance, preeminently at frequent temple ceremonies, but daily in small acts of piety such as placing an offering at a corner of a residential courtyard, or by wearing a flower over an ear, following the purifying performance of ablutions and prayers. How has tourism affected this "everyday" life?First, some of the ceremonies performed for tourists have been "edited" from among the rich diversity of Balinese music, drama and dance, and have become boring to villagers. A performance of the confrontation between Rangda (the Destructive Witch) and Barong (the Benevolent Bestial Demon) was scheduled during the 1970s on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in the village of Batubulan. Tourists arrived by taxi and bus, and were charged an admission fee to enter the "theatre" and watch the actors, hear the music and follow the printed program "libretto" for about an hour. Only villagers who were responsible for the production were present; in earlier years children and spectators had watched from the periphery, witnessing the spectacle.
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