Religion in Bali by C. Hooykaas

to lukat soil which had become 'hot' as the consequence of mishap and tresspass (z). He offered
caru to the netherworldly bhuta and kala, but bali/banten to the gods in the sky. He was in a
position to receive a message from the taksu, the guardian spirit of the compound, who revealed
to him in his trance which medicine to prescribe for a sick person. He even concluded a marriage
for which a sengguhu had fixed the date.
This balian cannot complain about being ignored by his co villagers, as might have been the case
when too many of his findings of expert knowledge had turned the wrong way. He is entrusted
with the concluding of marriages, which, after the preceding elopement, are cases where
purification is necessary. But for the remaining dozen or so of rites de passage his help is not
invoked. Neither has he anything to do with the ritual for the dead.