© Bali Luxury Retirement Villas. fulfills a need that I believe will be one of the largest demands for Bali Real estate in the coming 5 to 15 years for baby boomers who wish to retire Bali
The views from the beach are magnificent all the way over to the channel Islands of Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan.
To the south you can see one of the qualities main tourist areas the village of Sanur .
The beach is only 200 m from our new Bali luxury retirement villas.
The beach is so close that you can hear it and see it through the palm trees.
The ceremony was arranged by Wayan our housekeeping manager who has worked with us for the past 15 years and a local village priest who did the chant.
Their assistants were busily preparing all the offerings, which were substantial.
Finally the ceremony began.
Not being one who can kneel easily on the ground my entire life I found a good position to watch the proceedings.
They've must have done this before because they brought along a small table which could act as an altar
As a priest chanted his assistants placed offerings in various locations throughout the property.
Part of the ceremony is to let off three homemade firecrackers which are devised from bamboo.
A temporary temple was installed on the north end of the property.
The priest chanted on for approximately an hour.
The Frangipani trees that are planted on the land bloomed recently making for some great views of what are the owners will see.
We concluded that we will not cut them down when we build the Villas but instead move them to a location suitable for them. Therefore maintaining the spirit of the land.
The priest assistants continued to place offerings throughout the entire one-hour ceremony.
Wayan makes some offerings and a special prayer at the temporary altar which will be replaced my permanent one later.
At first we questioned the approximately $200 charge for the ceremony but after seeing all the offerings and the amount of work that goes into it we got more than my money's worth.
At one point the ceremony called for sweeping around the offerings, perhaps to scare away evil spirits. This was accomplished by one of our accountants Putu to and our Gardner Ketut.
My wife Azizah poses for a beautiful photo as usual.
I'm very fortunate guy to have this woman who is not only beautiful but also very intelligent with a Noaris degree and Cum laude Law Degree.
Most important she is very supportive of us taking on a new project at this time in our lives.
Near the end we were required to place several offerings in hole and then place concrete around the offerings.
Perhaps symbolically laying the foundations which we will begin next week
AfterAzizah I was next.
Followed by our elder son Xander
Who was followed by our younger son Darius.
Next was one of our key staff Gusti.
A lovely photo of our family on this property which will be leased out to foreigners for up to 80 years and then finally turned back over to our children or their children who were born and raised in Bali and have Indonesian passports.
Therefore the land will continue to be held by Indonesians hopefully forever.
Foreigner buyers will come and spend 10 to 20 years here then sell their lease to another foreigner or past them on to their heirs for another 10 to 15 years and so on until the end of their 80 years of leases.
These foreigners who are fifty five or older will usually contribute heavily to the local economy by hiring staff and usually participating in local charities ect.
Finally it's time for everyone to pray and be blessed individually with flowers and drops of water plus traditional rice on their fore head.
Our Assistant Manager Gede appears to be asking for special blessings from the God's for success in this next venture.
Our brilliant architect Wisnu also seeks blessings from the Gods for success in this venture which he has designed to complement the environment.
Then the ceremony ended as it started with chants and prayers for a successful venture that everybody benefits from.
One of our oldest staff Yanthi our sales manager gives a peace sign of approval for the project.
Shown here is just 10% of our staff of over 100 that over the past 15 years has made PT Bali Affordable Lifestyles International one of the most successful hotel management and real estate developers in Bali.
I want to thank our staff for taking time their busy schedule to come down and help us bless this project today.
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