At first in Bali, it seems that all the men around are called Ketut. Well, like in the movie Eat Pray Love. Having lived here for a month, you realize that not everyone - there is still Vayan, Made and Niman. Reserch showed that.

The Balinese — among the simple peasant population — have a funny tradition of calling all children a certain list of names based on the order in which the children are born. The list of names only exists for four children, so if a fifth is born, the circle of names begins anew. The order is as follows:

First child - Wayan

Second - Made

Third — Nyoman

Fourth — Ketut

From district to district, these names may vary slightly, but in general, in villages everything is arranged like this. In addition, it happens that there is no difference between male and female names. Distinguish only by prefixes - I (“and”) for boys and Ni (“no”) for girls. So it turns out I Made and Ni Made. Indonesians do not have surnames, so second names are almost a must. Actually, only by presenting yourself by the second name, you can not shock a tourist and not get lost among other Ketutans.

But that's not all. As in India, there are castes here, so the Ketutas and Vayanas are the names of only the simplest, the castes of simple farmers. Further, the cooler the caste, the more sonorous and meaningful the names. For example:

• I Gusti Ketut Rajendra - here “and” shows what we mean by a man, “densities” - belonging to a caste (in this case “leaders”), Ketut - that the families were once peasants but advanced to the second caste, Radendra is the second name
• Anak Agung Rai is a typical name of another caste. The word Agung means “great”, the rest of all additives are from the same series, like “foot of God”, etc. The aristocratic castes of boys and girls are divided by the prefixes Putra (“prince”) and Putri (“princess”)
• Ida Bagus for men and Ida Ayu for women are from the Brahman caste and mean “your beautiful height”. The second names in the same style are Ida Ayu Ngurah and mean “Girl from Heaven”.

Now to the pancakes. Bakwan Mungars (sometimes called Perkedel Mungars for some reason, like “meatballs”). The ingredients are quite versatile, so you can cook such corn pancakes everywhere. You can even cook non-corn — replace it with another vegetable (zucchini, fennel, pumpkin). Our Balinese friend Khar says that this recipe has perfect proportions, and it is necessary to fry in coconut oil. Tasty very