Story of Bali, Indonesia

exorcism, and so forth, were handed down orally, always in verse. Even nowadays we still find many examples of this primitive literary tradition amongst tribes only slightly influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism or Islani.

A written literature could only develop once the art of writing be- Introduction cam,- more farri;liar in certain areas where Indian cultural influences 4 wiling

penetrated. Javanese script, as has already been mentioned, was a development of the Pal;lva script of southern India.

Wajang Wong' is among the did-fashioned forms of Balinese dance drama, and chiefly to be found in conservative Brahmin villages where the love of reciting lontars still exists. Though the spectacle may be a splendid one, it is not primarily regarded from that point of view, but as a vehicle for the poetical beauties of the text which tells the story. Like the Wajang Koelit, to which it is closely related, Wajang Wong is magically powerful and particularly suited to certain seasons of the year, especially Koeningan, when the. Ancestors, who are the real gods of the Balinese, have for a short period left their abode in the Great Mountain and come down to, inhabited their shrines in the house-temples.

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