Balinese traditions in Demulih I 🕉

Kadek taught the other volunteers and me so much about the traditions, food, culture and Hinduism on Bali.
We made mushroom sate 🍢, the traditional Balinese medicine drink „Jamu“ (made from fresh ginger, turmeric, palm sugar and coconut milk - sooo delicious and healthy!) and had a lot of fresh Indonesian food.

We hiked on the highest hill of the village (which was not very high 😅) and had a nice view on Demulih, where we also saw glowworms 😍 But we stopped halfway and Kadek explained to us, that we can’t go to the top of the hill because the people of the village of Demulih are still mourning. When somebody of the village dies, all the other people of the village are at least for the next 12 days not allowed to go up the hill, where the highest temple of the village is located.

We also went to Kadek’s father in law, who is a spiritual master and already 91 years old. He explained a little bit about the beliefs of the Balinese Hinduism to us. Unfortunately I can’t remember most of it, but it was so interesting! I remember that he told us all of the nine main gods that Balinese people believe in - but I can only remember Brahma (creates everything), Vishnu (takes care of everything) and Shiva (destroys everything)… what a great experience 😊✨Läs mer