 Balinese
Religion (Introduction)
Outside
of India, Bali is the largest
Hindu outpost in the world.
Put in another way, it's the
furthest reaches of the Hindu
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Besakih Temple
Bali's
oldest, largest, most impressive
and austere temple complex
sits one-third the way up
the slopes of Gunung Agung.
Besakih, actually consisting
of three temple compounds......
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The
Sacred Mount Agung
This
sacred mountain is to the
Balinese what Olympus was
to the ancient Greeks-the
Cosmic Mountain. The Balinese,
who consider this volcano
"the Navel of the World,"
always sleep with their heads
toward Agung.
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The Main Faith
The
expressions of faith are
perceived to be essential
to survival. They are continually
immersed in Hinduism, and
their daily actions are
an expression of it. |
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Cremation (Ngaben)
A
cremation is a superb study
of all the most important
symbols of Balinese ceremonial
life, what anthropologist
James Boon calls "a
vast historical and ethnographic
musing on the inevitability
of death." |
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Marriage
Many
Balinese marriages are still
prearranged or negotiated,
though young men may also
"kidnap" their
wives, and mixed-caste marriages
are increasingly common.
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Balinese
Hinduism Days
Another
annual event, Saraswati,
in honor of the goddess,
takes place on the last
day of the wake year. Books
are particularly venerated
and the faithful are not
supposed to read, while
students attend special
ceremonies to pray for academic
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Tooth
filing
Called
'mapandes' in High Balinese,
'matatah' in Common Balinese.
The reason for filing is
to control evil human characteristics
(sad ripu): greed, lust,
anger, confusion, stupidity,
jealousy, ill-will, and
intoxication by either passion
or drunkenness.
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Balinese People |
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 Social
Dynamic and Development
If
we are compared the years
before, Bali has presseed
the increase of the Balinese
citizen in 1980-1990 became
1.18% per year. The rate of
the Balinese society increas
in 1961-1971 around 1.77%
per year and the next periods
in 1971-1980 around 1.69%
per year. |
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Balinese
Hinduism Woman
 The
Hinduism of Balinese does
not gaze at women as the weak
creature that has to be protected.
They are considered to have
the strength to create the
beauty, however they also
can make the dangers life
in the world. |
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 Character
of Balinese People
Basically
national character concept
, means th character attitude
or the private that supposed
from the specific entire culture.
Culture, none can be wary
of attitude and practice,
or tradition, and still many
people mark the special quality
for each culture. |
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 Social System
Dadia'
system content of the combine
of the big family and all
the ancestors. In this case,
the relative meet together
at the ceremonials event:
at the temple ('sanggah')
for the nuclear family or
at the tmple for the ......... |
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 Conception
of Balinese Culture
How
is the changing of the Balinese
people in 1930s compare to
nowadays? There many anthropologist
have agreed that a few decade
is a very tight duration for
the real changing is happened
in a basic cultural aspect,
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