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  2. 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 ...

  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. Tri Hita Karana - Wikipedia

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    Tri Hita Karana is a traditional philosophy for life on the island of Bali, Indonesia. The literal translation is roughly the "three causes of well-being" or "three reasons for prosperity." [1] The three causes referred to in the principle are: It is derived from the Balinese spiritualism and beliefs, which promotes harmony among fellow human ...

  5. Indonesian language - Wikipedia

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    Indonesian ( Bahasa Indonesia; [baˈhasa indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. [8] It is a standardized variety of Malay, [9] an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries. Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world, with over ...

  6. Nyepi - Wikipedia

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    2025 date. 29 March. Nyepi is a Balinese "Day of Silence" that is commemorated every Isakawarsa (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2024, it falls on March 11). It is a Balinese celebration mainly celebrated in Bali, Indonesia. Nyepi, a public holiday in Indonesia, is a day of silence, fasting and meditation for the Balinese.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Multimedia translation - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia translation, also sometimes referred to as Audiovisual translation, is a specialized branch of translation which deals with the transfer of multimodal and multimedial texts into another language and/or culture. [1] and which implies the use of a multimedia electronic system in the translation or in the transmission process.

  9. BASABali - Wikipedia

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    Individuals across Bali have contributed to the wiki by submitting video, text, photograph, and video responses. BASAbali received the Linguapax Prize in 2018 for the preservation of linguistic diversity, promotion of multilingualism, and reactivation of linguistic communities.