For this week's blog post I will be speaking about the Flea Market in Denpasar. We stopped at the flea market to shop, and they had a lot of beautiful things for sale. The flea Market was very similar to ours flea market, yet ours is more modern. In the San Jose Flea Market there are tables where you can rest and see the mariachi play. We also have jumpers and horses for the kids to ride; it is more alive. The Bali flea market in the other hand was more calm, people were not selling food. The stands consisted of clothes, handmade jewelry, toys, glasses and more. There were hardly any people and felt lonely.The location itself was not that big, it only had around 30 stands. I think this is just because there is a lot of street selling in all of Indonesia that a flea market is pointless because they sell the same stuff outside. As for the San Jose Flea Market it is very packed and more vibrant, you need to pay for parking and it feels more like a festival.
Friday in class it was mentioned that in Bali whenever there is a holiday streets are empty, many shops close, and everyone goes out to celebrate.While I was in Bali the streets were always busy with motorcyclist, cars, and A LOT of taxis, that we would be scared to cross the street. But, one of the days the streets were empty and people were wearing white. Men and woman both had grains of rice sucked onto thier forehead. We didn't know, what they were celebrating but turns out that on June 9th in Bali they celebrate Kuningan day. This is a special holiday when their ancestors return to heaven after visiting the earth during Gulgan celebration. During the ceremony people make offerings to be given to their ancestors as they make their way to heaven. The most common offering is yellow rice because it represents gratitude towards god, wealth, joy, and happiness.
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