COWBOYS IN PARADISE

When Amit Virmani published his video about gigolo in Kuta or known also as Cowboys in Paradise everyone in Bali feel an easy and some might have taken it as surprise, angry and other negative feeling. Why not, because any of the destination in Bali has never been declared as sex tourism interest. Although rumor is exist but it can never be proved or be acknowledged as a real practice of permanent profession. This is to early to conclude about the image of the island especially the image of the most famous beach of Kuta and which also directly pointed Balinese.

Since the time that Bali visited by tourists of other nation, it might be personal relation among Balinese and those foreigners, this is a fact that many Balinese men married women from Australia, Japan, and European did also women of Bali. It was probable also did it as engagement with long distance relation. Most of them as writer's knowledge were initially involved in business relationship or illegal tour guide with only able to say that and this. As probably already well known that since Bali is known as tourism destination various hand made and semi-machine product were developed very well in Bali, even products from other island such as Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Lombok, Nusa Tenggara and even from West Papua known as the Asmat art. The influx of various products into Bali is not only in the processed product but also farming products which was entailed with the migrated people to the island. These people unluckily un skill or only had limited skill who might untied by his/her former boss to continue life guarantee and roaming in search of fate on the island. This is not only local people within the country, but also hundreds of foreigners skilled or unskilled coming to speculate of better life. Since then a rumor of springing free sex on Bali has been spoken and parents grew worriedness on their children.

Balinese parents as late as until 1985 still in doubt to allow their children to work in tourism as a result of untrue rumor. It was believed that the rumor was intentionally spreaded to prevent young Balinese to chase their carrier in tourism, and one of the demon being told was free sex, shifting mentality, not time spare for the tradition or to take care old parents, and forget about the old wisdom. Old people in the villages thought to let direct touch with tourists be others, and while premier product be ours.

Balinese even before tourism coming to Bali is not poor people, they did not short of rice, housing or clothing, cattles, chickens, pigs, cows and various short live horticulture. That is why the art can develop in Bali since 1011 AD. Yes there are some flocks of poverty but they are specific persons who live on the beaches not only in Bali as they are seafarer live everywhere, could not settle down on one place as a fishermen, and only lately they are start to settle. Some of also have the tradition quiet different such as living in simple ways who are mostly the fishermen adopted by king of Bali in the past known as the Bugis people, but they do not poor, and they don't also wish to over having. As they are happy with their ancestor's profession roaming on the sea and bring to Balinese fresh fish to consume or to resell. This people have been in Bali since 17th century and still don't want to change. Among the later new comers to Bali to try their luck, some of them are success because they are able to adapted themselves to the nature and culture of Bali.

Gigolo in Bali or Cowboys in Paradise is not the only one to point Bali with negative reputation, but see balibs.org and nastybali.org winch may be dead already due to unsupported by international society. These 2 persons behind the domain openly flatten Balinese. It was much probable that they experienced bad experience during their business effort in Bali and unable to adapt themselves to the life of Bali or Indonesian in general. They search every dot of Bali bad corner and decorated it with dirt and wastes and hang it at front of every people, but they never introduce themselves, and hiding behind the domain of internet.

Regardless the view point of sex by the publisher of the Cowboys in Paradise or Gigolo in Bali, one can not avoid to think that this is a provocative directive using only aloot, unrelated sample to conclude " Bali is one of the tourist places of sex interest" It should be supported by definition and by profession. A total negation indeed not possible one or two such gigolo stamp might be exist, yet it is hard to prove,the Adat head on traditional villages within Kecamatan north, central and south Kuta have been working to prove this in vain. It is expected in the future will appear again gigolo in Kuta in other form, they will not stop.