Rocking the sarongs

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I wore one too. You have to wear a sarong to get into the temple grounds.

Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia

Comments

[prorsus.livejournal.com]

Why the two guys on the right are not wearing sarongs?

[topum.livejournal.com]

They were not going to enter the temple grounds.

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

Nice colour.  Purple. 

Is that a monkey in the for ground?  

Athena

[topum.livejournal.com]

Yes it is. There are a lot of them there, they are considered holy animals.

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the Monkeys know they're holy? 

Best not tell them or we could become planet of the apes..Then again the apes might do a better job at running things.  Just keep that toupee wearing orangutang in a cage though. 

Athena

[topum.livejournal.com]

I don't know, their behaviour is quite unholy there ). They kinda feel in charge there.

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

So the Monkeys run the place?  That might be an interesting dynamic.  

Athena

[topum.livejournal.com]

It looks like they think that they run the place and humans serve them ).

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

Kind of like my Cat thinks he's Holy.  Then again I do allow him to run the place. 

Athena

[topum.livejournal.com]

I understand that one does not have much choice with cats. There are a lot of them here and they pretty much run the village too. I think they are good at that.

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

True.  Cats have this innate ability to command humans. 

Athena

[topum.livejournal.com]

They also often boss the local dogs around here somehow.

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

My sister-in-law ' s cat bosses their dog around, the dog is a little Tibetan spaniel that has small dog agression.  Yet all that cat has to do is look at him and he cowers. 

Athena

[topum.livejournal.com]

Here even when the dogs are much bigger than the cats and are not afraid of them, the cats often get what they want at the expense of the dogs in the end anyway.

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

Might be the sharp claws.  I mean those things can do serious damage.  Maybe the dogs just want to avoid getting ripped apart. 

Also a cat scratch is toxic.  It can cause infection.  Cat scratch fever. 

Athena

[(Anonymous)]

No, they just outsmart them (and steal their food). The only ones they don't seem to be able to outsmart are crows and magpies, those get their way with everyone, even the cats.

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That was me. LJ logged me out.

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

Somehow I knew it was you.  LJ likes logging people out. 

Ah so the cats out smart the dogs and take their food. 

Crows and magpies are smart.  They have amazing memories too. 

Athena

[asher63.livejournal.com]

Very cool.

[topum.livejournal.com]

It is a beautiful place, I have to do a post on Uluwatu temple sometime. I just find people so much more interesting than places, however beautiful they are.

[gneu.livejournal.com]

Do you have to wear the flip-flops, too? I'd wear the sarong, but I prefer shoes at all times.

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No, flip-flops are not mandatory.

[tigerweave.livejournal.com]

Love the purple! Do women have to wear sarongs too?

[topum.livejournal.com]

Yes women wear sarongs there too.

[tigerweave.livejournal.com]

Yes I know, but do they have to to enter the temple?

[topum.livejournal.com]

Yes, they do.