Back to Bali; Tourists Return After a Tough Year From: The Washington Post | Date: November 9, 2003| Author: John Briley | Copyright 2003 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

"You wait, okay?" A Balinese schoolgirl wearing a purple lace blouse approaches and touches my arm. "The ceremony starts." Her three teenage friends giggle at her overtures to my friend Bill and me, but her timing is superb: After watching a scattered crowd of Hindus make ceremonial preparations at a jungle temple in Manuaba, a small village in the hills near the town of Ubud, Bali, we were about to pedal away on our rented bicycles.

But we wait. A melodic, percussive beat resembling a...

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