“During the past century, the world has invited itself to Bali, and in doing so, has broken the society’s traditional balance,” says Jean Couteau, a well-known multilingual writer (Indonesian, French, English), specialist of Bali and national columnist for Kompas newspaper. Most of Bali’s transformation has occurred since the 1970s when the island opened to tourism. … Continue reading Bali, 50 Years of Changes: Jean Couteau’s essential new volume describing the Balinese modern dilemma