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  2. Balinese script - Wikipedia

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    The Balinese script, natively known as Aksarä Bali and Hanacaraka, is an abugida used in the island of Bali, Indonesia, commonly for writing the Austronesian Balinese language, Old Javanese, and the liturgical language Sanskrit. With some modifications, the script is also used to write the Sasak language, used in the neighboring island of ...

  3. Balinese language - Wikipedia

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    Balinese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as Northern Nusa Penida, Western Lombok, Eastern Java, [3] Southern Sumatra, and Sulawesi. [4] Most Balinese speakers also use Indonesian. The 2000 national census recorded 3.3 million people speakers of Balinese, however the Bali Cultural Agency estimated ...

  4. Ngaben - Wikipedia

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    Ngaben, also known as Pitra Yadnya, Pelebon or cremation ceremony, is the Hindu funeral ritual of Bali, Indonesia. [3] [4] [5] A Ngaben is performed to release the soul of a dead person so that it can enter the upper realm where it can wait for it to be reborn or become liberated from the cycles of rebirths. [1] [6] The Balinese Hindu theology ...

  5. Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa languages - Wikipedia

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    The Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa languages are a group of closely related languages spoken in Indonesia in the western Lesser Sunda Islands ( Bali and West Nusa Tenggara ). The three languages are Balinese on Bali, Sasak on Lombok, and Sumbawa on western Sumbawa. [1] These languages have similarities with Javanese, which several classifications have ...

  6. Besakih Temple - Wikipedia

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    Besakih Temple ( Balinese: ᬧᬸᬭ ᬩᭂᬲᬓᬶᬄ) is a pura complex in the village of Besakih on the slopes of Mount Agung in eastern Bali, Indonesia. It is the most important, largest, and holiest temple of Balinese Hinduism, [1] and one of a series of Balinese temples. Perched nearly 1000 meters up the side of Gunung Agung, it is an ...

  7. Tanah Lot - Wikipedia

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    Location. Indonesia. Coordinates. 8°37′16″S 115°05′14″E  / . 8.62107°S 115.08716°E. / -8.62107; 115.08716. Tanah Lot ( Balinese: ᬢᬦᬄᬮᭀᬢ᭄) is a rock formation off the Indonesian island of Bali. It is home to the ancient Hindu pilgrimage temple Pura Tanah Lot (literally "Tanah Lot temple"), a popular tourist and ...

  8. Gunungan (wayang) - Wikipedia

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    The gunungan ( Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦔꦤ꧀; "mountain"), also known as kayon or kayonan (from kayu, "wood" or "tree") in Bali, is a figure in the Indonesian theatrical performance of wayang e.g. wayang kulit, wayang klitik, wayang golek, and wayang beber . Gunungan is a conical or triangular structure (tapered peak) inspired by the shape of ...

  9. Balinese Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Balinese Wikipedia. Balinese Wikipedia ( Balinese: Wikipedia Basa Bali) is the edition of Wikipedia in the Balinese language. The Balinese Wikipedia generally follows the basic rules of Indonesian Wikipedia. The Balinese Wikipedia has been in the project incubator Wikimedia, since the incubator page was created in 2005 until October 2019.