Bali women use their heads - literally!

Bali women use their heads - literally!
峇里島的女人真的是頭好壯壯！

Women carry things on their head... things that can even weigh 50kg!!

At the Terraces, women were carrying a full basket of stones on their heads. I ask my private tour guide why not transport these stones by truck. He told me there were no drivable roads for vehicles and these were up and down hills. I am not sure if these are good reasons to use women's heads as transportation though. Stones are to be used to build a bridge.

Due to this anti gravity exercise it is said osteoporosis is very very rare for women here.

峇里島的女人真的是頭好壯壯！時常要用頭抬東西，走到寺廟參與慶典儀式時，供品放在籃子裡，用頭端著籃子走路。在梯田那裡，我看見數位婦人用頭搬運重重的石頭，在山坡地上上坡下坡來來回回地運送。這樣極端的負重運動，難怪據說這裡的婦人鮮少有骨質疏鬆的問題。Read more