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1. Various forms of diversity and beauty of Bali
Bali is often called the island is an island that is not known until the end of the world. Bali is famous for its natural beauty possessed. Bali Island, which is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands Denpasar large and Asia located at 8 ° S and 115 ° E. The area also has teropis climate, as well as other parts of Indonesia.
Bali Provincial Geographical borders the province of East Java, Bali Strait in the west, in the north of the Bali Sea, the Indian Ocean in the south, and the Straits of Lombok to the east.
Places frequented other cities Denpasar itself as the art center of Ubud, located in Gianyar dishes on the island. In Kuta, Sanur, Nusa Dua Beach, and a few places that the tourists as the tourist and the beach is just a place for tourists to relax.
Tribe on the island of Bali is divided into two parts, the original Bali Aga Bali, most of them living in the area claim. Then the royal tribe or descendants Mojopahit Bali Hindu Majapahit. Balinese culture, one might say, the typical or very original, because they support the ancestral culture and not under the influence of culture.
2. The beauty of bali
a. religion
Many of Hindu Bali has about 95% of the total population found in Bali, while 5% of them are Muslims, Christianity, Catholicism and Confucianism.
Hindu life goals to achieve balance and peace in your life, both physically and spiritually. Hindus believe in the existence of one God in Trinity-concept form, the form of Brahma (the creator), Vishnu form (guards and bodyguards), and the form of Shiva (the destroyer). Hindu place of worship, which is found in the so-called Bali Pura Pura spacious home Balinese Hindu community in various forms, depending on the economic situation in the community. As a place to worship their ancestors called Prop. Comes from the Hindu Vedic India.
Balinese Hindu community who have died will be held sanggat cremation is considered essential to the spirit of free people who have died from the earthly to the heavenly obligation. Cremation cremation became common in Bali. Hindu Festival is the implementation in the New Year celebration of Nyepi in the first 10 months (kedasa), but Galungan, Kuningan, Saras Wati, the actual Landep, and Shiva Ratri. Many tourists both domestic and foreign tourists to visit Bali to see or even participate in a religious ceremony for the feast of the Hindus in Bali.
b. public organizations
• society
There are associations of people living that includes a sense of Balinese villages and indigenous peoples of the Department of Rural Development (administration). Two is a Union territory, but their home village with religious or customary, when unity village officials
• kinship
indigenous peoples, who settled in Bali after being married affect family relationships within the community. There are two types of traditional and others, often apply in Bali, as a rule, tend to justify virilokal newlyweds settled in around the middle of the relatives of her husband, and indeed the original neolocal decisive couples live alone putting a new location. The population of Bali, there are people who are called Banjar columns, each of which has a head as Banjar Kelihan. Banjar led by another train, commissioned on all matters in the field of social and religious life, but sometimes banjo also have to solve problems that include indigenous land issues, as well as matters of government.
• Marriage
The number of people leads to patrilineal lineage Bali. class system, which would seriously affect the marriage, since women are more classes, who married the following classes would not be justified deviations that would bring shame to the family and put all the girls Prestige class.
And in some parts of Bali, as well as the rules, the filing of a dowry (petuku tears), but now mainly in the families of those who study, culture is more to do.
administration. Activity focused on certain areas of traditional villages and religious ceremonies, when this village is officially headquartered in administration, management and development.
c. art
Bali can not be separated from one another by a variety of art. In fact, some people who live in Bali making art, such as sculpture, painting, dance and drama and music.
The art of dance culture in Bali are usually divided into three categories, including dance or guardian who has just revealed the sacred event, bebali or dancing, usually for ceremonial and often on display to welcome visitors who come to Bali and balihan balih- or dance for entertainment. One type of dance in Bali and is very popular for tourists is the Kecak and Barong.
Type of traditional Balinese music really has to do with traditional music in many other areas in Indonesia. However, there are some locations feature play equipment in the form of Kecak. village art imitating singing voice, which is purported to be. Balinese traditional musical instruments in a smooth, Jegog and Genggong.
d. language
Most of Bali and the Indonesian language, but the majority of Balinese people are bilingual or trilingual. English third foreign language is the key to the Balinese influenced by the needs of the tourism industry. Bali is divided into two parts, namely, the language spoken more harshly Bali Aga mainly used angry, and Bali is the lingua franca pronunciation Mojopahit both Brahmins, who Ksatrian and Vaishya.
e. typical food
So many special products which have been found on the island of Bali, Bali products tend to use a variety of spices for cooking, so the flavor seasoning mix is felt when we tasted the food of the original Bali. Each area in Bali are fed a special Badung traditional nyamakanan example, there jejeruk chicken, satay chicken, shredded grass Lawar and Ares. Denpasar own that meets the sand, Nasi Campur Bali and many more.
e. The traditional house in Bali
traditional house in the Balinese philosophy of the application itself Bali. There are three aspects that need to be implemented, aspect (the human inhabitants of the house), thinning (location and environment) and Parahyangan. They believe that the dynamics of development will be achieved in the implementation of a harmonious relationship between the three aspects. For the construction of the house Bali should include these aspects or the so-called Tri Hita Karana.
Development generally Balinese skies separate building lots of small parts in one area, adjoined by a fence that surrounds it. Along the development era began to replace the building was no longer separated.
Bali has a distinctive architecture, resulting from tradition, faith and spiritual activities of Bali is manifested in various forms of physical buildings there. At home, the temple is a sacred place of Hindus, Banjar or the meeting room and much more.
