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Are you going to visit Bali? Interesting Facts About this island will help you better navigate and will be removed from mistakes. All in Bali - and beaches, and tropical climate, and chic exotic vegetation, and a large number of entertainment institutions, and a stunning kitchen, and culture - worthy of your attention. This is an oasis of Hinduism in a Muslim country, and although the Balians are friendly and love tourists, it is better to adhere to the established rules and honor the customs of the island.

About tasty and delicious food

As you know, Muslims do not eat pork, but they live on Bali, mostly indulges, and pork dishes can be found on every corner. Balinese consider a pig by the personification of laziness, and when the piglery fell and eat, represent that they get rid of laziness in themselves. Sweet pork, pistin-pashoto in coconut milk baked with whole pig - all this is served with rice, chips and fried vegetables. It should be noted such a fact: Bali is a real kaleidoscope kitchens of different peoples of the world, there is very high food culture. You can get everything: from juicy meat to fresh seafood, from the traditional swedish table Restaurant with five stars.

How many theses!

When you communicate with the locals, you will find that many of them have the same names. Here is the second interesting fact about Bali - there is its own system of informing children with names. The firstborn is usually called Puta, Wyang, Geda (for the correctness of the pronunciations do not turn it out! - ed.). The second child receives the name of the frame, Made or Nenga. The third will call teams or nioman, and the fourth - ketut. If parents have more than four children, everything is repeated in a circle (Puta, Wyang and so on).

Not higher palm trees

If you explore the whole island, you will not find a single skyscraper. And this is not a consequence of a weak economy, there are first-class hotels that occupy buildings not higher than four floors. Why? The answer is simple: the Balinese authorities prohibit build houses above 15 meters (the average height of coconut palm). This tree on the island symbolizes wisdom, and buildings built by people - power. Balinese do not want to have a force exceeding the wisdom of life.

About nightlife and transport

But this fact about Bali will like those who are used to spending time on the dance floor and adores noisy parties. The Indonesian resort of Kuta, located on Bali, offers entertainment 24 hours a day. Legian Street Justs Just Chit Nightclubs, Cafe and Pubs.

But S. public transport On Bali - "Tens"! It is practically no. The local population moves on bicycles, motorcycles and motor collections, and tourists are only a taxi and several bus buseswho lack at all. So you have to walk off.

Under the guard of the pecalanga

The terrorist act with a bomb explosion for more than ten years ago trembled the whole island, but now it's calm. Despite the long tragedy, Bali remains one of the most safe seats In Indonesia. The crime rate is extremely low, people believe in karma and do not want to angry the gods. Therefore, they avoid conflicts and very hospitable. And, by the way, although the police nominally exist on the island, the order is guarded by local bodies called Pecalang (Pecalang). Its representatives are not difficult to distinguish from the rest of the population on special head towers.

Gifts of the gods

You will go through the streets and wonder how many plates with food and coconut leaves with candy, flowers, incense or rice. This is to offer the gods that are an important part of Hinduism. For daily basic prayers just one gift with a size of human palm. Most often, the offering (Canal) is put on shrines, and even - on the intersection, pillars, in the entrances to the house and just on the streets. If you accidentally come on one of them, it does not matter, the main thing is not to interrupt the ritual.

Not a minute of silence, but day silence

Another interesting fact about Bali, who can also come in handy. One day is declared in the afternoon of silence (Nipi), it usually falls on March (the date is better to know in advance). Because on this day everything is local, and tourists, should not leave their homes, the streets seem to die. Houses (or in hotel room) You need to sit quietly, do not include light and television (anyway there is no broadcasting on this day).

Want a villa for a million?

Property prices for Bali are considered the most expensive in Indonesia. Most villas are surreated to tourists, and not sold. Of course, there are excellent hotels, the rooms in which are quite tolerant. But if you want to take off luxury Villa. Overlooking the ocean and private beach, get ready to upset. One of the most gorgeous villas is located in the Kangu area - it is a mansion with family bedrooms and a plot of land on the embankment in 1.63 hectares. In just one day stay in this villa you pay more than 6 thousand dollars. You can buy such a luxury about 1 million dollars.

Visiting monkeys

It is said that in Bali easily you can find a celebrity - here they love to be Paris Hilton, Vanessa Hudgens and other stars. But much more often than Celebriti you will come across ... Monkeys. They are pretty, but still remain wild animals, so be careful with them. In the temple, the Uluwatu had cases when monkeys dragged the things of tourists. They have nothing to your shoes, wallet or glasses. But cunning primates will only give you them only in exchange for delicacy. If you want to watch the next monkey, here is the last interesting fact about Bali: go to Ubud, there is a monkey forest, admire the macaque, how much you want!

1. On Bali for consumption and drug distribution, there is a death penalty and at the same time on Bali in free sale (absolutely legally) hallucinogenic mushrooms.

2. The polygamy is permitted to Bali - up to four wives. On the second and subsequent wives, permission signs the first wife. Currently, polygamy has a place to be mainly in the Wednesday of Balinese from the Higher Cast.

3. A resident of Bali Island always eats, using its right hand exclusively, since the left considers it defiled. The left hand is never used to receive or transferring things. Moreover, Balinese will not allow himself to wave someone with his "unclean" left hand.

4. Dancing and theater art - an integral part of the life of any Balinese. Despite the occupation, each resident of Bali considers his duty to be able to dance well and participate in theatrical productions.

5. The overwhelming majority of the population (Hindus) believe in reincarnation. Babies whose age does not exceed 6 weeks, are experiencing special respect for adults. It is believed that the child at this age is the living embodiment of the soul of some kind of ancestor.

6. On about. Bali still you can find real aborigines. Locals call them "Bali Aga".

7. Balinese are real genius of cutting from stone and wood. From all over the world, people come here to acquire anything for their interior.

8. On Bali there is a teeth feeding ceremony - a compassion of the two upper teeth, which most resemble the teeth of animals, fangs and four incisors. This is done with the aim of imprisonment of a man of demonic character traits and their assimilation in man of the 6th most important on Bali sins - it is lust, greed, anger, sadness, arrogance, jealousy and drunkenness. Usually, this ceremony is carried out at the Balinese wedding. Interestingly, without feeding teeth, Balian cannot fulfill his duty and karma. The most common age for this ceremony is 16-18 years old. But, if a person, suddenly, will die before this procedure, the ceremony of dog feeding will produce to the corpse. Shards from the teeth are put in yellow coconut and bury in the family temple, like a shrine.

9. In 1906, hundreds of Balians went to the meeting of Dutch soldiers in white robes and committed mass suicide. This moment in history is called "Puputan".

10. Bali is not taken to express their feelings in public, by kissing. The only day after the "day of silence", the chosen youth village can kiss in public to please the gods.

11. All residents of Bali belong to one of the four castes. The lower caste of the sudra is the most numerous. Studras are the poorest of Balinese. Representatives of the nobility form three other estates: Brahmins (clergymen), Kshatriya (military personnel and government figures), Wexia (merchants).

12. Balinese is divided into three levels (also, depending on the caste belonging): exalted, medium and coarse. People from a specific caste can use the language that belongs to their status. It is impossible to contact someone in Balinese, without determining the Casta of the interlocutor.

13. What immediately rushes into the eye on Bali is a set of multicolored umbrellas located in different places. Umbrellas on Bali are constructive, protective meaning. They are called "Tedung", which means "protection". The color of the umbrella may vary and carry different meaning, basically, the colors reflect the colors of the caster.

14. The Religion of Balinese is called "Agama Hinda Dharma", it is a mixture of Hinduism and Buddhism, the pagan faith and worship of the ancestors and spirits of nature.

15. Balinese houses are a living creation. His head is a family temple (looks at the Volcano Agung), hands are residential buildings, and the feet are a kitchen and barn.

16. Most Balinese go to sleep head sacred Mountain And the family temple always looks towards Agunga.

17. Balinese gates without top are called Chandi Bentar (Candi Bentar), which is translated as "split gates". The gate of Chandi Bentar symbolize the Space Mountain of Knowledge, split into two parts - half of good and half evil - forces symbolizing the fundamental energy of the universe.

18. On the territory of almost any Balinese temple there is a multi-tier tower - this is a symbol sacred Mountain Balinese Agung. Also, this is a symbol of the Holy Mountain. Towers mode can be height 3, 5, 7, 9 or 11 tiers - depending on the status of the Divine, which they are dedicated.

19. On the island 230 (!) Official festive days per year. Therefore, numerous ceremonies and festive processions can be seen on the streets of cities and the villages almost every day.

20. Offers Chang (Canang) are bamboo baskets made by their own hands filled with gifts for spirits. Such sentences are able to do absolutely all Balinese women, they are taught this from 6 years. Baskets made of banana and bamboo leaves, with the help of weave technician.

21. An important and indispensable product in Indonesia is NASI (NASI) rice. Rice - food and gift of the gods. Here, on Bali - rice cult, all rituals and ceremonies include a rice product. Rice sweater is even bangible on the Indonesia flag. Rice, put in all sentences of good and evil spirits, rice is planted everywhere and everywhere, in general, rice here is the whole head.

22. Balinese is very gambling. One of their favorite entertainment is the roasting battles. For these purposes, in almost every courtyard, special battle roosters are grown, whose holling and cherish, communicate with them, as with small children - the roosters have their own diet, they wash them and bathe. Often, on the streets of the island you can find the company of Balinese sitting together and each kneeling sits a cockerel, which the owners are lovingly afforded. In the rooster battles of cash rates. Many Balinese lost their states in these playing, after which the battles were forbidden and covered ... But the mainstream battles are allowed into special ceremonial days and full moon than everyone.

23. There is an important duty for Balinese - this marriage. And most importantly in marriage - to have children, only then the Balinese may be present with important ceremonies and perform rituals intended for the dead, to cleanse their souls that are necessary for further reincarnation. Candidiness and impotence are the basis for a divorce

24. Balinese love children, especially boys, because the sons traditionally look after their elderly parents and the house. And, also, it is the boys who can inherit land, agricultural land and houses. Girls are married and go to her husband's family, so inheriting something from their family is not right.

25. If a divorce happened in the family, the wife returns to his parents and take with them only their personal belongings. Her rights are so limited that few women are solved to leave their husbands. Interestingly, children, most, remain with the Father, as it is believed that they belong to the Father. And after the divorce, the mother loses almost all the rights to them, especially if the child is male.

26. Traditional Balinese childbirth are conducted surrounded by all the nearest relatives. It is believed that in the last month of pregnancy, the birth and the first 42 days after childbirth - and the woman and the baby are most vulnerable to sorcerers, witches and other "dark forces", because they are between the worlds between the earth and heavenly space. Dark forces are activated at this time, trying to access the net energy of the child. Therefore, the father of the child is all this time (and especially during childbirth) is located next to his wife and protects it from evil spirits with its presence and special rituals.

27. Bali believes in the invisible world, in bright and dark spirits. And, accordingly, in white and black magic. Therefore, witchcraft is strongly developed on the island. There are special black sorcerers that can send conspiracies on a certain person, a whole family or a house. Black magicians are respectfully afraid and often turn to them when finding out relationships. There are white sorcerers to which they go for recovery from the disease to obtain material goods or just to pay for the future. They are called - Hilers. The main path of chyleries is a massage, divination by hand, prediction on the stars, drawing up magical mixtures.

28. Traditional Balinese dances - Legong (Legong), Barong (Barong) and Keckk (KECAK). Tana Baron is a whole performance that shows the opposition of good and evil that symbolize the Chair Baron and Rankda. This dance Baron can last a few hours.

29. Water to Bali - Holy West. The religion of Balinese in antiquity was called "Agam Tirta" - "Religion of Sacred Water". Element of water for Balinese is deeply honored and always carries creative and cleansing power. Many ceremonies on Bali dedicated to the elements of water.

30. On Bali is made to crem the dead people. Cremation ceremony, usually passes noisy and fun. Especially if it is mass. Cremary ceremony is extremely expensive, therefore, it is not uncommon for a family to share costs with neighbors and cremat the parties directly. For example, in 2001, the remains of 830 people already buried in the cemetery from 37 villages joined Ida Tjokorda Mengwi to cremation (IDA TJOKORDA Mengwi), a leaving of the 13th generation of King Mengwi (Note: While the desired number of dead: dead earlier ceremony Creams - bury in the ground for a while, then fade).

Pain can be characterized in different ways. She whines, rolling, permeates, presses, cuts, drill, drives crazy. But at the same time without pain there is no life. Remember the old anecdote: if you woke up in the morning, and you do not hurt anything, it means you died.

Below are the most interesting facts about pain:

1. The figures were calculated that every day every Homo Sapiens experience more than one hundred pain attacks, just consciousness fixes not all of them. In our brain, there is a so-called "center of pain", which controls pain impulses and discarding the weakest. It is called this plot of insuls, and it is deep between the brain hemispheres. Sometimes the "Center of Pain" gives a failure, and then a person can experience asymptomatic pain all the time. The variety of this problem is called fibromyalgia, or "bats".

2. on globe Approximately 500 people live, which never experience pain. But do not hurry to envy them. No pain is a rare disease called Siringomyelia. This disease can be inherited or arose due to severe cerebral injury. At the same time, a person does not have the sensitivity of nerve endings. Usually these people rarely live up to 40 years. After all, the absence of pain does not mean the absence of injuries. Just imagine how many these people are damaged, without feeling it. Infectedness to pain makes their body much less protected.

3. Despite the fact that the brain takes signals about pain from all parts of our body, this is the only body that is not able to feel it, since completely deprived of the nerve painful receptors.

4. Psychoic pain is a symptom of depression. For example, it seems to be a person that his heart is hurting, then the head, then the stomach, and during the examination he does not find any diseases. 68% of people suffering from psychogenic pains begin to experience pain for the middle or by the end of the working day, and 19% from early morning. Moreover, no analgesics help them to get rid of pain. But the lattice and Validol are perfectly coping with this task.

5. Women have a higher pain threshold than men. This is due to the fact that estrogens are female sex hormones, possess a natural analgesic effect. In men, the hormone of stress is responsible for the suppression of pain - adrenaline. That is why the man is able to receive, for example, in a fight, mortal injury, but at the same time continue to fight. However, in a peaceful life, it can dump an innocent collapse from the feet.

6. Our body has "painful memory". This is evidenced by phantom pain. When a person deprives legs or hands, the brain on the subconscious level refuses to perceive it and is looking for a lost limb, irritating it with the help of already non-existent nerve endings.

7. It turns out that you can feel someone else's pain. True, this does not guarantee that you can relieve it. For example, you can feel the same pain that another person feels, however, in a mirror reflection. This is due to the fact that the "Pain Center" processes the visual signal and projects it to your body. This is called the phenomenon of empathy, and only people can test it.

8. Burning pepper can help get rid of pain. Scientists found in it a substance of capsiacin, which is a blocker of pain impulses. Also, capsiacin is contained in mustard and hell. Doctors recommend eating these products to people with chronic pain syndromes (arthrosis and neuralgia). IN lately Scientists are actively working on the creation of an anesthetic with capsiacin molecules.

9. There are a number of products annoying nervous endings. For example, Parmesan cheese, vinegar, smoked meat, chocolate and products containing sodium glutamate (sausages, canned food, soluble soups) are capable of causing bouts of headaches.

10. Get rid of chronic pain help gems. There is even a technique called lithotherapy (from Latin Litas - stone). Of course, psychotherapy plays here a far from a latter role. Nevertheless, Topaz and Malachite help to get rid of pain in the kidneys and joints, sapphire and amber - from headache, emerald - from pain in the heart, and making a fadel syndrome will help the decoration with amethyst.

The small island of Bali, which is part of Indonesia, is perfectly known all over the world as first-class resort. Every year, millions of tourists are visited, and seek to return to positive emotions in the future. The island is striking with its excellent nature, beautiful beaches and numerous entertainment.

What interesting lies in this island?
In the local language his name is Pulau Kahyangan, which is translated as the island of the gods.

Each Balian at the same time exists in a pair of worlds. SEKALA is a visible environment around a person. The invisible world of Niskala - you can feel only during the commission of national rites that have a centuries-old history.

It is no time to work on the island, since annually there are 230 days a week.

Religion local residents It is called "Agama Hinda Dharma" and is an amazing mixture of Buddhist and Hindu beliefs, mixed with the pagan ideas about the world and faith in a variety of perfume.

The laws of Bali allowed polygamy, while the maximum number of wives is limited to four. It is curious that a man can re-marry can only after receiving the written permission of the first of his wives.

One of the local traditions implies tooth feeding. Make it with young people who have reached 16-18 years. It is believed that such a procedure allows you to calm the six main spiritual sins in a person (lust, greed and so on). By the way, if you are interested in this and other traditions on Bali, the company Gidnabali.ru conducts excursions on the island with russian-speaking guideAnd also organizes wedding ceremonies. Wedding ceremonies from gidnabali.ru - will be an unforgettable moment in your life together. Believe it is worth it.

The house of Balinese is a full-fledged living being. The role of the head plays the temple, necessarily unfolded in the direction of the Agung volcano. At the place of the hands there are accommodation, and the kitchen and household buildings are located instead of legs.

There are three calendar at once on Bali. The first - accepted worldwide and used in everyday life. The second is called Pavon and is a calendar of the Javanese-Balinese peoples. The third is called Saka and is common to all Hindus.

If you proceed from the Saka calendar from the calendar, today Bali Island lives in 1936.

For any Balinese, the right hand is sacred. Only she can transmit any things to each other.

Language features of the island provide division into three castes, the indication of which is necessarily when contacting a person.

Vulcan Gunung-Agung - the highest point Bali, his peak is at the level of 3142 meters. The foot is located Pura Besakikh, most revered among the local residents of the temple.

Rice is the most common product on the island. Residents consider his food gods, so you can meet the dishes from it at any celebration.

From the entertainment do not have equal in popularity of the roasting battles. For fighting birds care as our own children.

Curiously, but when divorced, children stay with her father, and a woman picks up with them only things that she had before marriage.

Bali is small island in Indian Ocean, Country of Indonesia. If you are going to go there, I offer you to read 20 interesting facts about Bali.

1. The island area is 5780 km², the length is 150 km from the east to the west and 80 km from the north to south.
2. On Bali only two large existing volcanoes: Gunung-Agung (3142 m.) And Gunung-Battur (1717 m.) Located in the northeastern part of the island.
3. The biggest eruption of Gunung-Agunga was recorded in 1963
4. Only two seasons are distinguished on the island: dry (June-October) and wet (November-March), the greatest rainfall falls in January-February.
5. A total of 3,890,757 people (2010) live on Bali (2010).
6. Most Balians (83.5% of the population) confess the local species of Hinduism, which is called "Agama Hindu Dharma." 13.3% of the population - Muslims.
7. About 20 thousand temples on Bali.
8. Denpasar - Capital and the largest city Islands. Kuta is the city of eternal parties. Ubud - Center for Balinese artistic, creative life.
9. The most common transport among local population - moped or scooter.
10. The main part of the current Balinese is the descendants of the immigrants from the Javanese Empire of Majapakhit, who collapsed under the pressure of Islam at the beginning of the XVI century. The indigenous inhabitants of the island is the peoples called "Bali Yeah", which means "residents of the Balinese mountains", although they themselves do not like this name and prefer to be called "Orang Bali Mula" ("Primary Bali") or Bali Turunan ("Balinese" , descended from heaven ").
11. When the girl gets married, she moves into the family of her husband's family. She becomes a member of his family, helps him with senior relatives, cares about his family temple and honors his ancestors.
12. A man can have up to four wives, however, he can take the second only with the permission of the first, third, with the permission of both first, etc. But the main rule: it must ensure them all equally.
13. On Bali exists only four names, and the same for boys and girls: Vyan, Made, Nyoman, Ketuth, which means literally "first", "second", etc. In order of fertility.
14. There are 4 freshwater lakes on the island: Battur, Bratan, Buyan, Tublingan.
15. On Bali 230 official holidays per year.
16. Now on Bali 1940
17. On the island there is a ceremony of feeding the teeth aged 16-18 years. This is done with the purpose of pacifying in the man of the 7th most importantly on the battle - it is lust, greed, anger, sadness, arrogance, jealousy and drunkenness.
18. The right hand is the sacred part of the Balinese body. For example, take and give a thing only right hand
19. Volcano Agung (3142 meters) on Bali is considered the most sacred Moz on the island. In his direction all the temples of the island and all the Balians sleep their head towards this volcano.
20. Balinese celebrate New Year In full silence (Nyeppi). Within 24 hours, no one comes out of the house. All restaurants, offices, schools and shops are closed.

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