This is a story about the vulnerability and durability of an anachronistic system in a chaotically changing modern world. The Balinese-Hindu culture thrived undisturbed for centuries, but modern times threatened to destroy the island's heritage. This book details the struggle in full.Bali had many traumatic encounters with the West. Spanning all of Balinese history, it sketches the economics, c…
This book tells the story of the making of Ubud and identifies some of the 'magic hands' that created it. 100 years ago Ubud was a palace, a market, some temples and rice fields dotted with single storey houses. It was'nt much different at the start of the 1970s, less than 50 years ago. During ten decades 'magic hand' have slowly transformed Ubud into a major tourism centre - famous for its c…