We have been told that there are a lot of holidays in Bali and so many village sacred obligations that the retreat likes to hire workers from a various villages so that when they have to be absent for village activities they will still have enough staff. Another noticeable thing is how they "dress" their temples. EVERY home and business have them. Many of the private temples are the size of a house. Streams have a temple, rice paddies have them, even large road intersections have them.
There are two small ones here - one for the family and one for the business. They generally have a checkered cloth wrapping around them - meaning balanced. The wrapping has just been changed for today's holiday - it is a pretty solid gold color. Today's is the beginning of Galungan which celebrates the victory of good over evil and the return of the ancestors. They decorate the temples so that the gods will return and reside in them.
