Orientation in time, space, and status are the essentials of social existence, and the Balinese, although they make very strong spirits for ceremonia… - Margaret Mead

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Orientation in time, space, and status are the essentials of social existence, and the Balinese, although they make very strong spirits for ceremonial occasions, with a few startling exceptions resist alcohol, because if one drinks one loses one's orientation. Orientation is felt as a protection rather than as a strait jacket and its loss provokes extreme anxiety.