In Reply to: I have had some lovely conversations posted by didiaust on Wednesday, 6. October 2010 at 15:56 Bali Time:
personally as they would not want to offend you. Just have think about what I posted, I asked more than a few Balinese friends and family when this same topic came up last time on the forum and all the same answer "a really big insult in this culture" and I got a very detailed explanation from my family (business people). It doesn't matter that you know they are business people, its the gift that says the message. I thought you may want to take this advice into consideration and think more about their culture and the message it sends as your common sense is based on western beliefs. I can tell you 100's of stores about Balinese beliefs that make no "common sense" to a westerner.