The Shadows of Pandemic: Bali's Avian Culture

When the first human case of Avian Influenza found in Bali on August 2007, the world focused more of its attention to Indonesia, a country which topped the list of countries with confirmed human avian flu cases.

Present day, with over a year passed without a new human case of AI in Bali, a continuing danger still follows closely in shadows. With approximately 12 millions livestock of fowl, Bali is a strategic spot where new types of H5N1 can develop, which can lead to a deadly flu pandemic.

The intimate relations of its people with fowls and putting it in a dense and small island, the shadows of pandemic is threatening, shadows which seemingly unseen but very real.