Chicago Tribune from Chicago, Illinois • 77

ft fSfs fP ri iVi fa ii iY 7V vl 1 -sT if ejv3 jflww -itimm III if ft 4Fr Jf '1 A 1 s.rf is i If ,13 1 k' 1 ft -6 1 t. ism I tl Pix photo.) Island Above: Believing they ore thus banishing illness and distress, the Balinese five years celebrate the monkey dance, a legendary rite observed in the village of Bedhulu. Bali the Beauiftifnil By GUY MURCHIE JR. OST BEAUTIFUL of all the them. And even a long time ago, as 1VI people of the orient are those early as 1619, people of this far land who inhabit the remote island were in demand in the slave markets of Bali, a singularly picturesque sliver of Reunion Island, off the coast of of land in the Netherland East Indies, Africa, especially beautiful Balinese just off the east coast of Java.

women often bringing amazing prices An admixture of Hindu-Javanese and on the auction block. Indonesian aborigines, with traces of The sinuous grace of the Balinese Chinese, Polynesian, and various types comes in part from the active lives of Malay, the Bali- that they lead. From childhood the women-walk for miles bearing heavy loads on their heads, which develops in th great coordination and poise. Also their long training in dancing gives them a rhythm and movent en unequal ed in the rest of the world. While westerners go into ecstasies over Balinese beauty, the people of this island nese possess clear, satiny skins of golden tan and round, smiling faces with almond shaped eyes and full, well formed mouths.

The hair of the women is especially attractive, being thick, black, and glossy. It is their natural and dignified grace, however, as much as their physical appearance that makes these people stand out conspicuously in (Courtesy Art Institute of Chicago.) Balinese girl, by Elisabeth Telling. have little regard for occidental standards I tit 1- a part of the world that is famous for of comeliness. To them the Nordic human beauty. features, such as white skin, narrow Artists rave over the Balinese.

Tour- noses, blue eyes, and blond hair, are ists cannot get enough of photographing distasteful and (Continued on page four.) 1 5 'v V.I Princess Sajoe, wife of Ida Bagoes of Bali, as painted by Elisabeth Telling. (Courtesy Art Institute of Chicago.) i i IblUaiTibli It iN I -f, a- C.Ai; Wj j1 A A fanatical dance of Bali is known as the dagger dance. Carried away by their performances, the participants in the dance often stab themselves with their krises. Here one is being disarmed to prevent self-injury. (Black str photo.).