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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 ...
Balinese art is an art of Hindu-Javanese origin that grew from the work of artisans of the Majapahit Kingdom, with their expansion to Bali in the late 14th century. From the sixteenth until the twentieth centuries, the village of Kamasan, Klungkung (East Bali), was the centre of classical Balinese art. During the first part of the twentieth ...
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 ...
Bali ( / ˈbɑːli /; Balinese: ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller offshore islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast. The provincial capital, Denpasar, [9] is the ...
Balinese Hinduism ( Indonesian: Agama Hindu Dharma; Agama Tirtha; Agama Air Suci; Agama Hindu Bali) is the form of Hinduism practised by the majority of the population of Bali. [1] [2] [3] This is particularly associated with the Balinese people residing on the island, and represents a distinct form of Hindu worship incorporating local animism ...
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 ...
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 ...
Canang sari. Canang sari on the Kuta Beach sand. Canang sari ( Balinese: ᬘᬦᬂᬲᬭᬶ) is one of the daily offerings made by Balinese Hindus to thank the Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa in praise and prayer. [1] Canang sari will be seen in the Balinese temples ( pura ), on small shrines in houses, and on the ground or as a part of a larger offering ...