{"id":547,"date":"2008-10-04T03:42:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T01:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=547"},"modified":"2018-11-19T17:03:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:03:09","slug":"wayan-made-nyoman-et-ketut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wayan-made-nyoman-et-ketut-20081004\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayan, Made, Nyoman and Ketut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Bali, everyone seems to have the same first name. You pass three Nyoman and five Wayan in a day. Weird.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It sounds like a joke to the tourists... but it's not! The Balinese actually have their own system for children's names.<\/p>\n<h2>The elder and the following<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10953\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10953\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Ceremony on the beach of Lovina, Bali. (Indonesia, July 2008)\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-780x520.jpg 780w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-385x257.jpg 385w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/01-ceremony-bali.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How many Wayan, Made, Nyoman and Ketut at this Balinese ceremony? (Indonesia, July 2008)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is no difference between a boy and a girl, the name you receive simply corresponds to the order of arrival in the family!<\/p>\n<p>The eldest will be called <strong>Wayan<\/strong>, the second <strong>Made<\/strong>, the third <strong>Nyoman<\/strong> and the last <strong>Ketut<\/strong>. For the fifth and following ones, if there are any, we start from the beginning with Wayan, etc.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, everyone there is called Wayan, Made, Nyoman or Ketut! With small variations according to the castes: Wayan can also be replaced by <strong>Putu<\/strong> and <strong>Gede<\/strong>, Made by <strong>Kadek<\/strong> and <strong>Nengah<\/strong>, Nyoman by <strong>Komang<\/strong>. Some also have diminutives and nicknames, sometimes forged from the family name, to distinguish themselves.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10955\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10955\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"On the beach of Pemuteran, little girls play after their traditional dance class. (Bali, Indonesia, July 2008)\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/02-bali-pemuteran.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the beach of Pemuteran, little girls play after their traditional dance class. (Bali, Indonesia, July 2008)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prefixes are used to distinguish between the sexes: I for boys and I for girls. There are also a whole host of ceremonial titles for high-caste families.<\/p>\n<p>During my last stay in Bali, this summer, I took the plunge. I made up a first name in the Balinese style, in relation to my status of elder, to make my interlocutors smile. When the inevitable happens <em>\"what's your name?\"<\/em>I gibberish proudly in Indonesian: <em>\"Nama saya Wayan-Corinne.\"<\/em>\u00a0Success guaranteed!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude02<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Bali, everyone seems to have the same first name. You pass three Nyoman and five Wayan in a day. Weird. A joke on the tourists? 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