so we want to make sure it doesn't rain
the event starts in 30 minutes and the clouds are really dark and they're coming straight toward
the event that's me in the rain stopper that I hired for 300 in Bali I hired him to make sure
that it doesn't start raining at this event that I'm throwing hold up let me explain hi
hi what's your name let's say you want to have an event like your wedding in Bali there is a good
chance you will need to pay money to have somebody stop the rain some hotels actually require you
to pay for one as part of your services to make sure that your outdoor event doesn't get rained
out hotels like the W or the Ritz Carlton will tell you you need to use a rain stopper a rain
stopper is someone who uses meditation and prayer to ultimately communicate with the
spirits the clouds the weather and control the rain even the Grand Prix which took place here
made headlines over its female range Shaman see she was supposed to do her work behind the scenes
but it started raining too hard so they had her come in front of everyone and try to stop the
rain this instantly went viral and became many memes so I'm checking the weather right now in
Bali I want to make sure that this event is on a day that it's raining because if it's just a
sunny day then it kind of defeats the purpose so I'm looking at the weather sure enough tomorrow
it's planning to rain sunny Tuesday raining Wednesday say then sunny sunny tomorrow is the
day that I'm gonna put this rain stopper to the test the other interesting thing about Bali is
I've honestly never been to a place where the weather is so like fragmented really like you
might be standing here and it's sunny but you go up and look from the roof and like 50 feet
away it's dark and cloudy if there is a place where this is actually a thing I think it would
be Bali so I'm gonna put this idea to the test I just need to throw a party and I need just about
any excuse to have one so I just passed a hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube which means there
is a reason to celebrate the venue it's called Black Sands Brewery and it's located in changu
Bali so in order to set up this event me and my friends book The Venue order cookies order
a big pig and even 100K balloons I wonder if we can have him do wind stopping too
Arya oh so nice to meet you beautiful name so we're having an event tonight
um we're having a party with about 30 people so we want to make sure it doesn't rain you can help
bus to make sure that it does not rain okay so he's been doing this 35 years yeah how do you
learn oh grandfather grandfather wow I want to know has he ever done the the ritual the
ceremony but it still rained the rain stopper tells me there are usually three ways that they
will prevent the rain from coming the first option is to divert the rain to another area
the second one is to change the time of the rain to come before or after my event and the
last resort is to stop the rain entirely the idea here is to work with nature rather than suppress
nature from doing its thing so he's about to start the ritual he kind of told us that he
needs this space so we shouldn't be like moving the table and doing stuff because he's about to
start his ritual and his ceremony so we kind of have to give him some space it was interesting
how there's three ways of of doing his job so he said he's gonna be doing the first one and
the third one so they're not going against nature here they're trying to work with nature foreign
how did rain Stoppers become a thing well it's actually been a ritual for centuries
very few people will learn the skills from the older generation and it's passed down to them
so locals will train and bring in people who have the talents to make sure that rain doesn't impact
their events or ceremonies and the more I read up on rain Stoppers the more I find that most people
say it works I hear stories of people saying that was raining all day but it stopped before their
wedding or that it was pouring rain right next to where their rain stopper prayed for it not
to rain and the more articles I read the more I'm starting to believe that this is true one article
even saying the success of a rain diverting ritual can be as high as 90 percent the event starts in
30 minutes and the clouds are really dark and they're coming straight toward the event it's so
crazy to me that he said he's Gonna Make It Rain a little bit I I was like wait what like is it like
it just felt like are you turning on a switch like is this a water park where you turn on the wave
all of that so far that's been about 20 25 minutes all of that so far was just the pre-ritual now
he is actually starting the ceremony he actually asked us where is the area of the event where he
doesn't want the rain to happen and he's marking it now and talking to the manager about something
he's now starting the ceremony he's predicting there's going to be a little rain or it might
just stay like this the reason why would he why would there be a little rain well the idea is
to not stop nature from doing what it's doing but maybe just shift it 100 subscribers the ceremony
and the ritual is a lot longer than I thought I asked them how long it takes and he told me it
could take an hour but it's up to you if I wanted him to do it for two hours he would have prayed
for two hours I have to be honest it also feels quite quite weird to be experiencing this like
Balinese ritual in the backdrop of a bar where people are drinking and there's like music playing
we're in the middle of the ceremony I know I'm supposed to not want it to rain because
uh I'm having an event but for the purpose of my curiosity I kind of want it to rain so far it's
been a little windy but no rain there are still some dark clouds so it's weird I don't really know
if I'm rooting for the rain or not rooting for the rain but I'm just here to learn and observe
and it's really fascinating very curious to see what's happening what do you know about
rain Stoppers rain Stoppers oh the one with the ball well I've already heard about it I've never
actually seen one in person I've never had about rain Stoppers until I was told about it in a sauna
on Sunday I had no clue about rain Stoppers until you told me it hasn't rained yet so we'll see how
he does no it did it looks like it was gonna rain now it's okay but now that you know do you believe
that they can do what they say they do I mean do you need a rainstopper because it seems to be wet
season and dry season honestly it's really extra extra yeah it was pouring and it did earlier today
really looked like it was going to rain yeah Bali has a lot of energy on it so I feel like
if anywhere maybe probably here it's amazing I actually haven't seen one in person I wish I could
see one one day let's let's introduce you to one really yeah I hired one for this event how much
are you paying him four million rupiah so they're not cheap it's not cheap at all I want his contact
so the price for the services are 4 million Indonesian rupiah which is about 270 dollars if it
rains during an event do people get a refund so he said if it rains the entire event you get a refund
but if it rains just part of the event no refunds dude thank you I'm gonna take pictures with this
actually until my real one the party's going strong everyone seems pretty happy that it's not
raining I I honestly thought he would just come here before and leave but he's still here maybe
I think it's time for him to let him move on um so maybe I'll pay him and say thank you let's see
thank you thank you for coming it says more than success thank you so much thank you for coming
tonight appreciate it thank you thank you God bless you beautiful night thank you thank you
again now I have to be honest it totally works my friends seem happy because it did not rain
at this event but then again maybe it wasn't going to rain anyways I guess we'll never know
either way the culture here is fascinating to me and totally beautiful but I have to
admit I'm more confused than ever if it's really possible to use prayer and meditation
toward nature to have it do something that we humans wanted to do but then again if there
is anywhere in the world where it can actually happen I still believe it would be here in Bali
Austin who's that guy he's uh he's actually a rain stopper so I hired
him it's a traditional thing where they can come and do prayers and stop the rain
it was 270 dollars