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What’s in a name?

If you have the impression to hear certain names over and over again on Bali, it is certainly no coincidence. Names on Bali are not sex related and are determined by the order in the family. The firstborn is named Wayan (sometimes Putu or Gede), the second child Made (or Kadek Or Nengah), the third child is named Nyoman (or Komang) while the fourth child goes his way through life as Ketut. If a fifth child is born, the cycle starts anew…