In Reply to: ??Easter have any significants in Bali.. posted by bali keluarga on Friday, 17. February 2006 at 07:01 Bali Time:
From my experience, the locals celebrate everything, well for the tourists benefit and dollar, there is Valentines where even kids will give you valentine present or wish, the balinese not only have their national ceremony and significiant religious days, but also their local village as well. In Kuta anyway, Australia Day, The German beer festival was celebrated , Halloween, Easter, St patricks, etc etc.by the restaurants. It is clever marketing and good luck to them. I found Easter eggs to give the kids in my village, they did not care where they came from, what the celebration was about, they listened to the Easter Story, but gave me the hurry up so they could start munching. At Christmas we put carrots out for kijang and bintang for Ibu Claus. I had a mix of Balinese and kids from other islands so it was interesting, but they were Kuta kids and vefry street wise.
If you are an Aussie and have little kids and in Bali for holidays over Easter and dont want kids to miss out on the Easter Bunny, I bought all my stuff at Bali Deli (expensive) but probably other places have as well. i just had a big choice of German chocolate, Belgian and all the ususal. God I loved that place, every now and then just needed lamb or fillet steak from Australia, although I am back here now and absolutely pining for Indonesia food. I cook as much as I can but go throug Sambal Astli like crazy and all our food seems to taste bland without it!! Sorry for rabbiting on, but am having a blue "I WANT TO GO TO BALI AND LIVE" day. Any job offers????????? Have a happy holiday and do everything you have always wanted to do. If you have not been before, make friends with the locals and see the real bali, not just tourist areas. If invited, do go to see the village and join in. I did things which I never thought I would or could do, and after nearly two years there, did not realise until coming back, how nuch my life was enriched while living in Indonesia, a "third world country". I could not wait to get home to hot water, a proper toilet, bath etc, but now I would trade all that for what I had there.