Wie balinesische Hindus die Geburt und Entwicklung eines neuen Familenmitglieds zelebrieren Religion hat in Bali einen festen Wert in der Gesellschaft. Auf keiner Insel der Welt kommen so viele Religionen zusammen wie in Indonesien. Alle Weltreligionen sind vertreten – mal mehr, mal weniger: Christen, Hinduisten, Buddhisten und Muslime kommen täglich in Kirchen, Tempeln und Moscheen zusammen. Raum zum Beten und Meditieren findet man in Bali überall. Gebete und Rituale werden schon in aller Frühe begangen.…
Our first week of travel in South East Asia
We have finally started our trip. After we hitchhiked home from Portugal, we took a bit more time home planning stuff than we expected. Our first stop: Bali, Indonesia. After a long flight, we finally landed in Jakarta. It was quite a relief to leave the European winter weather behind and to land in warm Indonesia. We just had one more flight to Bali, just 2 hours away. Before we even left the airport, we…
Pet rescue
I heard some meowing early in the morning, but couldn’t see from the window where it was coming from. When the sound kept repeating in the evening, we decided to have a look. There had been some construction going on for a while and since some days a fence was built around the area behind the apartment building. Passing dirty, old clothes, a rotting skull and other trash, we found a little kitten completely alone,…