 Within the family, each is free to choose his or her own path of faith and social values are imbibed from the vayang or shadow plays of the Ramayana and Mahabharat. And here, on a full moon night of prambanan near Jogchakarta in Java, it is Muslim Indonesians who perform the Ramayana. Textile traditions of both countries have interacted and enriched each other with new colours, new designs and mystical symbols. In India and Indonesia, textiles are much more than just clots from which garments are made. They are a medium through which the divine nature of the universe is recognised and expressed. The eyes see, the heart feels, the senses resound. The entire being vibrates with the essence, the rasa of life. In Bali, the maturation ceremony is done through tooth filing of the upper canine to symbolise the taming of passions. In keeping with this duality of purposes, Balinese dancers adopt the dvibhanga or two bends, also a basic classical Indian style.