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WAYANG KULIT |
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| Posted : 2008-11-13 |
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A Unique Vision of the World
Wayang kulit, the shadow theater of Bali, is one of the longest running theatrical spectacles the world has known. For centuries it has survived changes in politics,... |
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TRADITIONAL KINGDOMS |
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| Posted : 2008-11-13 |
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History in a Balinese Looking Glass
Most of what we know about Bali's traditional kingdoms comes from the Balinese themselves. Scores of masked dance dramas, family chronicles and temple rituals... |
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TOURISM |
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| Posted : 2008-12-01 |
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Bali and tourism cannot be separated and related to each other. Tourism has been the main sector in this island, where the people mostly work in the hospitality sector and the other tourism related... |
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THE BALINESE VILLAGE |
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| Posted : 2008-12-01 |
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Balinese village is somehow important for local society, becoming home for Balinese people. This is also a place to live and to create many art works, worship, and at the same time representing the... |
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THE BALINESE TEMPLE |
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| Posted : 2008-12-01 |
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What makes Bali unique from the other areas in Indonesia is mostly for the Balinese ornaments or worship places. The place that is commonly used by Balinese people to pray and to do the Hinduism... |
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THE BALINESE CALENDAR |
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| Posted : 2008-11-13 |
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A Cycle of Holy Days and Anniversaries
In addition to the Western calendar, Bali follows both a 12-month lunar calendar and a 210-day ritual cycle. Together these two parallel calendrical systems... |
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POST INDEPENDENCE |
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| Posted : 2008-11-13 |
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From Chaos to Tourism Development
ProklamasiThe Dutch, complacent in their cocoon of colonial supremacy, were shocked when the Japanese invaded the Indies in 1942, so shocked that they gave up... |
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OFFERINGS |
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| Posted : 2008-11-13 |
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Gifts to Gods, Ancestors and Demons
The many unseen inhabitants of Bali - gods, ancestors and demons - are treated by the Balinese as honored guests through the daily presentation of offerings... |
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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE |
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| Posted : 2008-11-13 |
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A Rich Literary Heritage
Three languages are spoken on Bali: Balinese and its dialects, Indonesian, and a kind of Old Javanese called Kawi. Contacts with Hindu Buddhist Java between the 9th and... |
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GEOGRAPHY |
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| Posted : 2008-12-01 |
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Geographically speaking, Bali Island is located in between 8°03′40″ - 8°50′48″ of the south latitude as well as in between 114°25′53″ - 115°42′40″ of... |
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EARLY HISTORY |
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| Posted : 2008-11-13 |
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Artifacts and Early Foreign Influences
The early history of Bali can be divided into a prehistoric and an early historic period. The former is marked by the arrival of Austronesian... |
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CREMATIONS |
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| Posted : 2008-11-13 |
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Pitra Yadnya: Rites for the Ancestors
Life, death, rebirth. This cyclical conception of existence lies at the very heart of Balinese Hinduism. During each life on earth the eternal 6oul occupies a... |
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