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In the 1970s and 1980s, the Candidasa area received a large amount of investment in tourism and a construction boom. To fuel the new constructions the offshore reef was mined for lime to make cement and this removed the coastal barrier that had protected the beach which was undermined and washed awayu2026
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Candidasa, a black sand beach, is a major destination of the tourists, highly suitable for water sports such as swimming, snorkeling, diving. Candidasa is one of the tourist area that developed starting in 1983. At first the name Candidasa is the name of a temple, the Temple Candidasa, located on a small hill and was built in the 12th century
Torch gingers (Nicolaia elatior) Heliconia Stricta Shronii
One story that became a myth about the existence of a growing Candidasa temple and is believed by local people is a statue of Goddess Hariti located in a niche at the bottom of the cliff of the hill. It is said that Goddess Hariti narrated in the beginning was a Yaksa in Buddhism who love to eat the flesh of children. But after getting enlightenment teachings of Buddhism, the goddess and then repent and turn to protective and loving children. Heliconia Stricta Shronii
The name of Candidasa is from the word candi and dasa, candi mean temple and dasa mean ten, Goddess statue Hariti portrayed as a goddess is surrounded by 10 children, as a characteristic, a loving protector, and also as a symbol of fertility and prosperity. Local people believe that the Goddess Hariti means the mother of many people who can give the gift of fertility and prosperity. Therefore a lot of places visited and utilized by the husband – wife who has not been blessed with offspring to beg supplication by bringing offerings dedicated to the Goddess Hariti Heliconia Rostrata
In Balinese culture, a man and a woman is considered to be complete when they are unite to form a family that worship common ancestors in the family shrine of each Balinese household. Family ties are consequently the most important factor in Balinese life; a continuous sequence relates the individual to his family, to his community, and to the total of the Balinese people. A Balinese woman who marries Chinese, a Muslim, or a foreigner ceases to be a Balinese. A Balinese feels that hi most important duty is to marry as soon as he comes of age and to raise a family to perpetuate his line. Golden Torch (Heliconia psittacorum)
Golden Torch (Heliconia psittacorum x Heliconia spathocircinata)
A bachelor is in Bali abnormal, incomplete being devoid of all social significance since only settled married men can become the member of banjar and village association. In Bali, Even the pedanda, the high priest, must have a son to continue his line though it do not conform to the ascetic abstention favored by orthodox Hindus. Thus, every Balinese centers all his hopes in having children, preferably male children, who will look after him in his old age, and most important of all, sons who will take the proper care of his remains after he is dead, performing the necessary rites to liberate his soul for reincarnation, so it will not become an aimless wandering ghost. Heliconia Stricta Bucky
From temple relief, scripture and folktales, they are familiar with the fate awaits the childless in hell, where a woman who dies without children is condemned to carry a gigantic worm suckling at her useless breast, and for the man who fail to have a child his soul is hung on a bamboo and the trunk of that plant is constantly bitten by the soul of people who did not undergo a mesangih (tooth filling) ritual. A man who does not obtain children from his wife has the right to divorce her; or if she dies or runs away, he remarries as soon as possible. Often the sterile wife will herself suggest and even provide for a second wife for her husband. There is another alternative, they usually meras (adopt) a child of relatives.
For the Balinese people, the placenta is also considered a brother or sister to the newborn and is quickly removed and returned to the family compound. It is then cleaned by the father, blessed with holy water, wrapped in white cloth and then buried in the grounds under a rock. No one outside the family will know where it is buried to protect the placenta from evil which through black magic, (believed in by the Balinese), could then be inflicted on the living child.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Candidasa area received a large amount of investment in tourism and a construction boom. To fuel the construction of beach bungalows, new homes and restaurants, the offshore reef was mined for lime to make cement and other construction materials. This removed the coastal barrier that had protected the beach which was undermined and washed away. Local hotel owners constructed a series of t-shaped groins jutting out into the water in an attempt to preserve the beach, with mixed results.
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