The climate in Bali is hot and humid. In the days before AC, locals would wear minimal clothing and spend time sitting under the bale. Bale’s are the square or rectangular structures, consisting of a platform, with 4 to 8 palm poles supporting a grass roof.
Sitting under one of these, with straw mat a big cushion is extremely relaxing, especially with a breeze. Many visitors to Bali want to build one in their own house back home and the weather simply would not make that practical. Add to that making the thing would take time.
Here is a site called Balinesecrafts.com, that makes and ships bale’s and other Balinese items. Of course a proper bale will be build of thick strong wood with a alang alang roof that is a foot thick. If you want a simple version, shipped directly to you, check out the inventory.
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Makes much more sense to dress lightly in Bali [and also much of the time in Western Australia where I live] than to be uncomfortably enclosed in the English national dress, the dreadful suit and tie.
A few months ago, the Indonesian president was talking about the oncoming power crisis in Indonesia and the effects this was likely to have. For instance on the tourist economy of Bali. He was asking men working in govt offices etc not to wear suits and ties, but to dress sensibly for the climate and lessen the dependancy on air conditioning. A great idea, but I doubt if he will be prepared to lead by example.
In my opinion and I know in the opinion of many others, the aircon in most public buildings is set far too low for comfort anyway, both in Bali and where I live. A massive waste of money and resources and extremely damaging to the environment.
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