In Reply to: Married to a Balinese posted by Ni Wayan Sukerti(!) on Thursday, 29. April 1999 at 23:09 Bali Time:
Om Swastiastu Wayan !
I am a foreign woman married to a Balinese, and living in a village up the hills ! I was interested in your (sad) story and my husband and I are wondering why you could not integrate fully in the banjar life, how was your response to that, and how much did you know about Bali before getting married ? How did you learn the making of offerings ?
I am writing an article on the making of offerings for an academic journal in london while offering my cultural services as an independent guide here.
Please, if you don't mind, contact me at my e-address and my husband and I would like to hear from you. It could be important for us to better understand 2 different worlds and the role/acceptance/place of a foreigner in a Balinese community. From what village and banjar were you from ?
Thank you for your reply,
Ni Luh and Nyoman