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Nyepi, a public holiday in Indonesia, is a day of silence, fasting and meditation for the Balinese. The day following Nyepi is also celebrated as New Year's Day. [1][2] After Nyepi, youths of Bali in the village of Sesetan in South Bali practice the ceremony of omed-omedan or 'The Kissing Ritual' to celebrate the new year. [3]
"Bali Ha'i", also spelled "Bali Hai", is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. The name refers to a mystical island, visible on the horizon but not reachable, and was originally inspired by the sight of Ambae island from neighboring Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu, where author James Michener was stationed in World War II.
The province of Bali is divided into 8 kabupaten plus 1 independent city (kota), together divided into 57 kecamatan, in turn sub-divided into 80 urban villages (kelurahan) and 636 rural villages (desa). At the 2020 Census, the population was 4,317,404 people in a total area of 5,780.06 km². [1][2] No. Code.
Balinese Hinduism is an amalgamation of Hinduism with elements from Buddhism and pre-existing indigenous animist customs that permeated in the Indonesian archipelago before the arrival of Hinduism. [19] It integrates many of the core beliefs of Hinduism with the arts and rituals of the Balinese people.
The Protestant Christian Church in Bali ( Gereja Kristen Protestan di Bali or GKPB) is a Reformed denomination established in 1931 in Bali, Indonesia by the Christian and Missionary Alliance with help from the Dutch Reformed Church and the Church in East Java. The denomination adopted its current name on 21 April 1949.
The Balinese population of 4.2 million (1.7% of Indonesia 's population) live mostly on the island of Bali, making up 89% of the island's population. [13] There are also significant populations on the island of Lombok and in the easternmost regions of Java (e.g. the regency of Banyuwangi). This article contains Balinese alphabet.
Balinese dance is dynamic, angular, and intensely expressive. [1] Balinese dancers express the stories of dance-drama through bodily gestures including gestures of fingers, hands, head, and eyes. There is a great richness of dance forms and styles in Bali; and particularly notable are those ritualistic dance dramas which involve Rangda, the ...
The Dutch conquest of Klungkung, Bali in 1908 marked the final phase of Dutch colonial control over the island of Bali in Indonesia. It was the seventh and last military action in Bali, following the so-called Dutch intervention in Bali (1906). The intervention was triggered by Balinese opposition to a Dutch attempt to impose an opium monopoly ...