SiTU ACADEMY: Introduction

When you are born on the island of Bali in Indonesia your first name would be a number. The first born gets the name “Wayan”, number two is called “Maday”, followed by “Ketut” (3) and “Nyoman”. After that, they start all over again. This a kind of precaution. When the newborn has showed enough endurance, ceremonies are in held in which the young Balinese, gets a personal name, a family name and even secret names. Your name becomes your family and personal history, tradition and destiny. This could end in a scenario of doom.

You have to understand that your name is given to you with a certain purpose, even without your parents realising this and your family-name places you in a certain tradition and historical concept. That the task for today. Study on your last name(s) and try to discover their meaning and embedding and is there a connection with your first name.