Bali Barba

By any casual poll of passers-by, the very most resplendent & astonishing sight to be had in all of Bali is
Evan’s beard.

Ah, the beard! An elusive beast on the chins of Bali, where even the most virile men manage only a mustache.

It’s more than that, though. In the iconography of Bali, a beard denotes the visage of KINGS (...& ogres). Wherever we go in Bali, men stop E on the street to compliment his beard, nodding to one another & saying, “Bagu-u-u-u-s!” goo-o-o-o-d with the deep, extended tones of admiration one usually reserves for feats of strength. “Like a king!”