In Reply to: questions.. posted by Bokito on Saturday, 7. March 2009 at 01:34 Bali Time:
seems to be a very common way of opening a conversation in Bali between locals & a bule.
You may find if you ask any adult man or woman in Bali - Sudah Kawin ? The answer is always,either Ya or Belum = not yet.
It seems to be automatically presumed that everyone will get married & if a person is an adult & not already married,they want to know why <LOL>.
My personal experience has been that getting used to these sort of questions & answering them back or opening a conversation with them usually makes the Balinese person I am talking to feel at ease.I very much agree that is the local way of interacting & I feel that it is the easiest way as a traveller in Indonesia of getting someone to talk about themselves.