Remember when we compiled a list of foreign nationals doing the darndest things in Bali last year?
Well, it seems like an Indonesian woman identified as FS, who visited Batur recently, wanted us to start a new list featuring domestic tourists. Perhaps you already know her as that angry lady who threw a tantrum in August last year at a J.Co branch in Banten.
In short: FS was furious when the employees switched off the lights for closing time while she and her husband were still hanging out at the donut shop. Her bizarre tirade went viral, in which she accused the female servers of being flirty toward her husband and that they were no longer virgins.
This time, FS managed to piss off Balinese Indonesians after uploading pictures of her recent visit to Batur, where she flipped the bird as she posed for pics at a temple. Social media activist Niluh Djelantik, notorious for calling out problematic foreigners, lambasted FS in an Instagram post after getting a tip from an unnamed local.
“To the sister in this picture. Thank you for visiting […] South Batur. Please mind your fingers while posing for pics in front of a temple and other sacred places. When in Rome, do as the Romans do,” said Niluh in the caption yesterday.
In response to the backlash, FS insisted that she did nothing wrong and that she regularly posed that way for pictures. Instead of apologizing, FS said that people who have accused her of wrongdoing should apologize to her.
“You are the one who should apologize to me for being overly minding other people’s business. Unless the picture is me committing adultery, [making] a sex tape, killing people, or selling drugs, then I will apologize,” she said.
Niluh swiftly responded to FS’ comment, accusing her of being stubborn and asked her to stay away from any sacred sites unless she changes her ways.
Indonesians are not exempted from being called out when they are deemed to be disrespectful toward the island’s culture. In May last year, a video of several women performing a Bollywood dance while donning Balinese traditional clothing in front of a temple in Gianyar went viral and prompted backlash from locals.
The women had gone to the temple to perform guru piduka (a traditional ceremony to beg for forgiveness), which was overseen by locals, including the temple’s supervisors. Their apology was accepted.
