Balinese culture is a unique combination of spirituality, religion, traditions and art. Religion is seen as art, and it seems that almost every Balinese is a devoted artist, spending free time applying skills and images which have been transmitted from generation to generation and from capture of a very early age.
Expressed as beautiful and complex drawings, son extraordinary, superb weaving, decorations and even rice covering countless shrines in public areas in the rice fields or in homes, the island is alive with art and religious homage.
The soul of Bali and Balinese religious systems are deeply rooted in religion and expressed in art forms and skills that have been passionately preserved over the centuries. The mid-sixteenth century Bali reached a cultural zenith, which promotes and develops the design arts and customs, which are the foundations of what is practiced today.
In a sense, they have changed very little since then, but as was the case during most of the Indonesian archipelago, adaptation to the new environment is crucial for survival. That’s when the Javanese and Balinese Hindu calendars are combined and integrated to the rituals and ceremonies were introduced.
Nine great temples, the Pura Agung have been built, linking the structure of the new calendar with that of gods. As the mother, the most sacred temple, Pura Besakih, built high on the slopes of Bali is the most sacred mountain, Gunung Agung.
Arts, culture and daily activities for most Balinese are strongly associated with a unique form of Hinduism called Hindu Dharma, which is far from being the closest example of religious and social framework that exists in Java during the zenith of its power and it was found elsewhere.
Classical dance dramas based on ancient Hindu epics the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, who arrived from Java, Indonesia, as elsewhere, pre-mixed with Hindu and animist beliefs specific to the local folklore. Not all adopted a new Balinese Hindu religion well.
In Bali Aga, who now live in separate groups in the mountains of Trunyan and Tenganan, for example, their favorite ancient animist beliefs, which are still practiced and remain largely intact today.Balinese culture is a complex event characterized by the diversity and adaptability. A thought in Balinese thinking is the concept of Desa - Kala - Patra (time, place and position), dynamic concept, considering that traditional thinking blends harmoniously with the new.
In baliyski distinction between Sekala, equipment and Niskala eternal. The reality is of that material and the eternal fields. One can not exist without the other. The world is a product of the interaction of Sekala and Niskala.
Temple festivals are common. Each village organizes a ceremony of colors for each of their own churches, several times a year. Add to these rituals and celebrations for each individual passage, birth, puberty, marriage, birth and after death in the world and includes the vast island-wide celebrations such as Galungan, Kuningan and Nyepi, the day of silence in which all of the private island in fear of evil spirits, flying from the sea, and you can begin to understand the importance of religion in Bali.
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