Another day, another boatload of excited but tired passengers from Bali arrive on the island. The transfer boat pulls up alongside the floating jetty and the newcomers stand up to… [Continue Reading]
Tag: Muslim culture
Ramadan, and the ironies of life
It’s Ramadan time and the mosque’s speaker systems have been belting out the calls to prayer louder and more often than normal. Last year I was in Australia through Ramadan… [Continue Reading]
A tale of two ceremonies
Last week was a special Hindu ceremony day – Ćivaratri or Shevaratri – celebrated by Hindu people throughout Bali and in Lombok too. I had been told that it was… [Continue Reading]
Living in a muslim country
So I have spent much of this year on Gili Meno, which is a Muslim island, off the coast of Lombok, the Muslim mainland. Lombok is known by the locals… [Continue Reading]