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Life in Bali is very communal with the organization of villages,
farming and even the creative arts being decided by the community.
The population of Bali is estimated 3,500,000 people who live
mostly at southern part of the island. Every village (desa)
has its temple of origin (puseh) , its temple of dead (pura
dalem) its temple for irrigation system (subak) .The basis of
this community structure is the Subak and the Banjar. Everyone
who owns a rice paddy must join the Subak in their village.
The Subak controls who will plant rice and when (plantings are
staggered so that pestilence is minimized).
As well and more importantly the Subak ensures that all farmers
receive their fair share of irrigation water since traditionally
the head the Subak was the farmer whose field was at the bottom
of the hill and water first had to pass through everybody else's
field before it was allowed to irrigate his own.
The other community organization is the Banjar which, organizes
all other aspects of Balinese life (i.e. marriages, cremations,
community service, festivals and the like) as well as a form
of community service known as Gotong Royong. When a man marries
he is expected to join the village Banjar and must participate
in community affairs.
Most villages have at least one banjar and a membership of between
50 to 100 families, and each banjar has its own meeting place
called the Bale Banjar
The Balinese do have a caste system but there are no untouchables.
The caste system is most evident in the language which has three
levels: a low level for commoners, a mid level to address strangers
and a high level only used when addressing aristocracy
Balinese are always pious and they constantly remember where
they come from. For that reason, this creates strata of groups
in the society nowadays it is commonly called wangsa or soroh.
The society order is based on this soroh so strong that it encompasses
all kinds of balinese people's' activities. They persistently
maintain and preserve their own genealogy. They cherish and
keep their family line age inscriptions carefully and meticulously.
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