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Catur Asrama - Four Stages of Life of Balinese Hindus

a group picture of the new couples and the groom's colleagues Today, a friend as well a colleague of mine at the office officially opens the second chapter of his life. From now on, his house will be filled out with some girly stuffs of a woman – not his mom, not his sisters. Yes! He gets married. Congratulation, Bli Agus Suryantara! Wishing you two all the best and many more awesome things coming to your life! And soon they will have that cute little creature, named as Wayan or Putu . And maybe some other will follow. Then they’ll have Made or Kadek , Nyoman or Komang , and perhaps also Ketut ! It’s important in one side, in order to preserve and maintain Balinese culture in the terms of naming babies – the family planning that mentions: “two (2)-children is better”, it should be added with “four (4)-children is the best”. So that, the names of Nyoman or Komang and Ketut would not disappear in the future. Ignorantly saying, I guess it’s a good idea fo