Harmony and Ngejot
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Harmony among the different faiths in Tuka is maintained through the ngejot tradition. Villagers continue to nurture this piece of local wisdom.
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THE smell of incense wafted from Made Sariani's house in the customary village of Tuka in North Kuta. The 48-year-old woman was busy preparing banten (offerings), which she would later bring to the memukur ceremony—a series of funereal rites in the Balinese tradition—in a neighboring village.
Moments later, Sariani put down her offerings so she could welcome her niece, I Gusti Ayu Pramusita Dewi Hartati, 24, a Catholic resident from Tuka. "Kad
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