In Reply to: Monks in Bali posted by Andrea Garlepp on Friday, 13. July 2007 at 19:07 Bali Time:
Sorry, there are no monks in Bali like you see in Thailand. The saffron clad monks are Buddhist and Balinese religion is a specific form of Hinduism. The priests (Pedanda or Mangku) in Bali are not ascetic monks but are married family people who do ordinary things beside their religious duties. There are a couple of Buddhist temples for the few followers of Buddhism but not at all like a Buddhist country.