Part 1 of Essay
In the critical essay, by Clifford Geertz, the author describes a very important part of the Balinese culture - the cockfight. This fight represents more than it first appears. Cockfights are well attended events by men only. Bets are taken on these events. However, the money isn't all that is at stake. It's signifi ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... watched the villagers interact. This is how Geertz begins his visit in Bali. Geertz is an anthropologist and he is in Bali to experience the culture. He and his wife are watching a cockfight take place. Cockfights are illegal in Bali. They continue to watch the fight and he describes the cockfight like any "layman" might see it. This way of not interacting and seeing things from a spectators point of view, is in a way using ethnocentrism. This means he isn't really seeing the culture as it is. From this ....