Story of Bali, Indonesia

The authors have observed a number of balian treating clients, friends, relatives, and their own selves. The healer with whom they are most familiar practices in Bangli and has been involved in collaborative studies with psychiatrists at the Bangli mental hospital. He runs a busy practice in his home with a stream of clients coming each evening. They present him with a variety of complaints, both physical and psychological. For each client, he chants prayers to God, blesses the offerings brought by the patient, and goes into a trance state in which he receives power to heal from God. The patient prays to be cured. In therapy he puts a drop of oil on the top of the client's head and blows on it as he looks down into the head to make a diagnosis: when he sees colored smoke, he knows that there is an evil spirit present and its location in the body.

Trough all this came the rapid and ever-changing beat of the drums, throbbing softly, or suddenly ringing out with sharp accents. They beat in perpetual cross-rhythm, engaging the regular flow of the music, disturbing the balance, adding a tension and excitement which came to rest only with the cadence that marked the end of a section in the music.

Traditional literature of Bali includes a number of examples of climax. For example, a famous love story in Bali is the Jayaprana legend (Boon, 1977). It has become a' classic pan-Bali cultural identity, and is taught in public schools. R is the story of the difficulties of romantic love in a society which is highly stratified, particularly in matters of manage. It is characterized by murder, suicide, and finally the re-uniting of the lovers in heaven. According to Boon (1977), the chaotic climax is achieved as the palace society runs amok and the raja finally kills himself.' Another classical story in literature involving marriage is the aria story of Pakang Raras (Boon, 1977). In this romantic love story, there is death and revival, culminating in the king recognizing the young man and giving his consent to marriage which is then 'celebrated amid universal rejoicing' (de Zoete and Spies. 1939).

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