Top 10 Bali Fun Facts

         Call it whatever you want: tradition, custom, belief ...If you're from the States you might even call it "O.C.D** for what I know; The Balinese people have thousands of rituals to observe everyday and most of which are geared towards keeping all evil spirits as far away as possible from their house... and man, will they make sure it is done. 

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There are way too many of them but to name a few....here is my top 10 list of stunning Bali facts:


1: Babies can not touch the ground before the age of 3 months, which means they require to be held and carried around at all times.
2: All babies are born with 4 brothers of equal importance: the blood, the foetus, the plancenta and amniotic fluid of the newborn
3:The "brothers" are to be taken care of all your life more particularly on a daily-basis until the age of 6.
4:The baby's placenta should be buried in the family compound as it is believed to be part of the newborn's soul and source of good luck and guidance.
5:Evil spirits cannot turn corners.
6:The kitchen is a powerful place where evil spirits can be neutralized.
7: The tooth-filling ceremony is executed for all adults by smoothing down their incisor and eye-tooth: the purpose is to cut the gluttonous, arrogant, and bluff which are owned by every human being. 
8:What happens in our life now, is the result of our past actions.
9:Good spirits are believed to reside in the mountains, whereas the seas are home to demons and ogres.
10:A newborn baby is most likely the reincarnation of a family ancestor.

**OCD is a type of anxiety. Kids with OCD worry a lot. Sometimes they feel afraid that bad things could possibly happen to them, sometimes they feel that something bad could happen to people they love, or sometimes they feel like they have to get things "just right" and have to check to make sure.