Ешь, молись, люби

Chapter 86

           TheBalinesefamilyunit,enclosedwithinthewallsofafamilycompound,ismerelyeverything-fourgenerationsofsiblings,cousins,parents,grandparentsandchildrenalllivingtogetherinaseriesofsmallbungalowssurroundingthefamilytemple,takingcareofeachotherfrombirthtodeath.Thefamilycompoundisthesourceofstrength,financialsecurity,healthcare,daycare,educationand-mostimportanttotheBalinese-spiritualconnection.

           ThefamilycompoundissovitalthattheBalinesethinkofitasasingle,livingperson.ThepopulationofaBalinesevillageistraditionallycountednotbythenumberofindividuals,butbythenumberofcompounds.Thecompoundisaself-sustaininguniverse.Soyoudon’tleaveit.(Unless,ofcourse,youareawoman,inwhichcaseyoumoveonlyonce-outofyourfather’sfamilycompoundandintoyourhusband’s.)Whenthissystemworks-whichitdoesinthishealthysocietyalmostallthetime-itproducesthemostsane,protected,calm,happyandbalancedhumanbeingsintheworld.Butwhenitdoesn’twork?AswithmynewfriendWayan?Theoutcastsarelostinairlessorbit.Herchoicewaseithertostayinthefamilycompoundsafetynetwithahusbandwhokeptputtingherinthehospital,ortosaveherownlifeandleave,whichleftherwithnothing.

           Well,notexactlynothing,actually.Shedidtakewithheranencyclopedicknowledgeofhealing,hergoodness,herworkethicandherdaughterTutti-whomshehadtofighthardtokeep.Baliisapatriarchytotheend.Intherarecaseofadivorce,thechildrenautomaticallybelongtothefather.

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