THE BANDJAR

They preserved the prince (Regent) , the Pungawa, and the Perbekel to see that the taxes were paid. Finding the desa-bandjar relationship incompatible with Western management, they redivided the villages, often in an arbitrary way, and renamed the towns and bandjars, ignoring their traditional connections.

The desa became simply any " big " village, and the bandjar was simply " hamlet " or " quarter of the village." What was close b was joined together, and what was separated by distance was cut off, forming the so-called Government desas and Government bandjars.

There are cases of bandjars merged into one, and small desas degraded into bandjars or joined with other small desas to make a large desa worthy of the name, despite the fact that i might have more than one bale agung. These new villages exis in official documents, but not in the Balinese mind, forcing the people to make a strong distinction between the " Adat Desa and the " Gouverment Desa."