As you all know from my previous post, I'm really grateful having Bali as my hometown. It is really a beautiful paradise to live in. It may not be the most developed city, but it has every essential thing for you to enjoy what the nature has. You can find beaches, forests, paddy fields, hills, mountains in one small island. It's the best. The view, the culture, the people, the foods are magnificent. I really adore the strong bond of the people with their religion, Hindu, and their Gods. They have a lot of ceremonies and festivals every different dates and they always do them willingly. They also have great respect to the earth and always try to live in harmony with the environment.
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Wherever you go in Bali, you can never find skyscraper buildings like any other towns in Indonesia has. Balinese ancestors actually restrict buildings taller than the height of coconut tree, which is around 15 meters (?) they say. I feel like this principle has successfully affect the conservation of the unique Hindu culture environment and that's why you can still enjoy Bali without the influence of tall, crowded buildings.
The conflict is now that a lot of people want to live in Bali and the fact that population in Bali itself is growing, is causing this principle to become a trouble. Imagine if they keep on holding to it, they will have to open up more land field for housing area, risking the paddy fields which has been one of their main cultural assets. It's a hard decision for Balinese now.
Personally, i love paddy fields a lot, and i don't like to see a lot of tall buildings, so it's really a hard choice. Tell me, what will you choose? =)
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