EVERYDAY LIFE IN BALI

BALINESE COOKING

Although the daily meal was frugal, the Balinese seemed exceptionally well fed, and people were always nibbling at some 2 The Balinese divide the day into eight periods (dauh) established by the position of the sun in the sky:

" One o'clock " (daub pisan)
about 6 a.m., when the sun appears ! hind the trees.
"Two o'clock" (dauh roh) about 8 a.m.
"Three o'clock" (daub telu) 10 a.m.
" Four o'clock " (dauh tepat) at noon.
" Five o'clock " (dauh lima) about 2 p.m.
" Six o'clock " (dauh nam ) at 4 p.m.
" Seven o'clock " (daub pitu ) at 6 p.m., when the sun goes down.
" Eight o'clock " (dauh kutus) when it grows dark and the lamps are

Generally the Balinese simply point to the place of the sun in the sky to indicate( an hour. The night is divided thus: from sunset (penalekan), then midnight (teng lemang), to galang tanah, before dawn, when the earth becomes visible. Friederich mentions that in Badung there was a special kuIkul in a clock-tower in which hours were struck. thing. They were continually eating at odd hours, buying strange-looking foods at public eating-booths, in the market, at the crossroads, and particularly at festivals when the foodvendors did a rushing business in chopped mixtures, peanuts, and bright pink drinks.

Every day a young vendor came into the compound and invariably found many customers. For five cents she served a large piece of delicious roast chicken with a strong sauce, accompanied by a package of rice that sold for an extra penny. Even small children, accustomed to look out for themselves, bought their snacks from the street vendors, waiting silently for their orders to be mashed and wrapped in neat little packages of banana leaf, paying for them with the kepengs they kept tied in their sashes.

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