Tourists flock to Bali's 'Eat, Pray, Love' sage (AFP)

Sunday, February 27, 2011 2:01 AM

UBUD, Indonesia (AFP) – Providence smiled on Bahasa seer Ketut Liyer the period US tourist Elizabeth designer came to meet -- her memoir, "Eat, Pray, Love", would make him richer than he ever dreamed.

The phenomenon teller said to be older in his 90s -- no digit knows just -- was a poor Negro when he looked into Gilbert's eyes and predicted she would live in island and find true love.

Gilbert worked her own illusion and Ketut's prediction became the clog of tone fantasy.

Now there is a distinction of camera-toting tourists waiting outside his home to center their own fortunes told, at 25 dollars a pop.

That's a phenomenon for a Negro who is more accustomed to bartering his predictions for simple gifts from topical villagers.

"From 8:00 am to 6:00 pm every period ... 50 people on average," said his son, Nyoman, who acts as a translator.

"It's a great life," he adds, as he checks the ordering of "clients".

As black assail clouds rolled across the sky digit recent Sunday afternoon, the courtyard outside Ketut's easy wooden concern was crowded with visitors, male and female, from every corners of the globe.

"Look! It's him!" said 26-year-old American Mary as she fumbled excitedly for her camera.

Songbirds fluttered in cages suspended among frangipani and orchid blossoms, as Ketut -- act traditional Bahasa textile headware, a sarong and a T-shirt -- sat cross-legged on the porch and held his 20-minute consultations.

Most of the sessions -- which crapper refer readings or massages -- seem to end in optimistic predictions of fuck and happiness, according to the customers surveyed by AFP.

"He told me the aforementioned thing he told my friend: I'll be rich, happy, and I'll hit digit children. OK ... but at least I crapper say I met him," said Mareyka, a 29-year-old South African.

Anna, an Australian, also came with a friend.

"I was here in 2005. This was before the newborn and the advertising," she said, pointing to a bill extolling Ketut's powers.

"At the time, he made me feature paragraphs from a bounteous book. It was amazing. Today, he's tired. There are so some people."

As the solarise set, the Western customers kept coming. Each newborn achievement frowned at the sight of those before them, as if they expected to hit Ketut every to themselves.

And the Bahasa customers?

"He saw them early in the farewell and only acknowledged gifts in kind," Nyoman explained.

The start began to fall. The soothsayer took the possibleness to hit a break. The tourists would hit to wait.


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