Tag: Bali, Covid 19, Sita van Bemmelen
Making fun of Covid
by Sita van Bemmelen In precarious times, such as we all experience during this Covid epidemic, people tend to become morose, stressed out, or even utterly depressed. It...
A Balinese cremation in Covid style
by Sita van Bemmelen Bali is well-known for its ostentatious cremations. In my husband’s Brahman family originating from the sleepy town of Klungkung most members are...
Covid in Hindu Bali. Report by Sita van Bemmelen
Covid in Hindu Bali. The issue of social distancing by Sita van Bemmelen I am not going to tell you how badly the epidemic has hit Bali. That is self-evident, Bali being...
Old Fashioned Charity
By: Sita van Bemmelen Having worked several years as gender and development consultant in an academic environment in the Netherlands and Jakarta, I came to Bali in 1996...
Sita’s stories: Enlarging your teenager’s horizon?
By: Sita van Bemmelen The world is getting smaller every day. This implies that parents may wish to equip their children with the social skills to take full advantage...
Sita’s stories: Billboards & Banners on Bali
By: Sita van Bemmelen Indonesia entered a new phase in its existence as a nation in 1998, when President Suharto stepped down as the result of massive protests...
Cross-Cultural Couples: Sita and Oka
By: Emma Kwee Time for another addition to our ever growing ‘family’ of cross-cultural couples. Read about the other cross-cultural couples that shared their story....
The Unsettling Proximity of Death on Bali: Fierce Fire and Cool Bones
By: Sita van Bemmelen The first time I witnessed a ritual washing of the corpse, it was a rather confrontational experience. However, that was not the only time, I...
The Unsettling Proximity of Death on Bali: The Ritual Washing of the Corpse
By: Sita van Bemmelen Death is a neat affair in the Netherlands, the country where I come from. The only and last relative that I have seen laid in state at home was...
