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Building a Library in Bali

3/12/2016

On a previous blog I told the story about how I’m working with 15 year old, Bali teenager, Tyas to build a library in her village Bunagya.

Now that I am back in Australia I’m working very hard with a team of students from my school and Immanuel Lutheran College to fundraise the $20000 we need to build and stock the library.

We’ve had some recent fantastic new. Our library project now has Australian Government support as we have been given a $5000 grant by the Australian Consulate General in Bali.

The library will definitely be constructed by myself and other Australian teenagers with Tyas and Balinese teenagers from her school, from my friends at my old school in Bali as well as members of the Sunshine Coast Rotaract group.

To see the story and video of our project and to meet Tyas and I, go to: https://www.gofundme.com/balilibrary?ssid=729035411&pos=1
If you would like to be involved in this project please contact me.

sammiwelbourne@gmail.com

The library design: Designed by Journeyman International

Black Magic in Bali

3/12/2016

As an Australian teenager the whole idea of black magic being a very serious part of daily life is something that is very hard to understand.

But in Bali, it is taken VERY seriously and believed by most Bali Hindu’s and their Hindu priests.
If a Balinese is sick and they go to a medically trained Dr and the Dr doesn’t know what is wrong with them or don’t get better after taking prescribed medications, then they go to a Bali traditional doctor. The traditional doctor is trained to recognise if the person has had a black magic spell put on them. The fact that they haven’t recovered from their illness despite the Dr’s best treatment and drugs, means that it is most likely that a black magic spell has been placed on them.

People that practise black magic are called leyak. They learn about black magic from others who are trained in this and from books that are not available to the general population. Leyak have the ability to transform themselves into animals at night time and hence can enter the homes of their victims. Black magic spells are done by entering the victims home and putting something into their food or water or by buying a talisman and using that to create the spell.

With the help of a Hindu priest, a Balinese that has had a black magic spell put on them, can fight it. But to fight it requires the victim to have a very positive and strong belief in themselves.
And where is the centre of black magic in Bali? In Sanur, where I live.

Building a Library in Bali

Black Magic in Bali

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