Balinese Culture

Balinese Culture

Explore Indigenous Peoples and Culture of Bali
In every nation has certain customs and culture respectively. For that, they have an obligation to preserve and implement all the customs and culture seriously. So it is with the customs and cultures that exist on the island of Bali, which until kinipun still adhered to consistently by the community.
Customs and cultures that exist in Balinese society is closely associated with religion and religious life of the Hindu community. Both have had long historical roots and thus reflect the dominance value expressive configuration and Hindu religious philosophy. In the configuration contained the essence of the religious aspects of the form, the pattern of life, social institutions, and the arts that exist within masyarakatBali.

The majority of Balinese Hinduism which have adhered to the basic framework to include three things: philosophy , ceremonies , and Tata Susila . In essence teachings that Bindu is Cradha Panca means five Widhi Cradha belief is that belief in the existence of Almighty God , Atma Cradha is belief in the atman or soul in every creature , Karma Pala Cradha is confidence in the legal action , Punarbhawa Cradha is the belief the existence of reincarnation or rebirth after death , Cradha moksha is moksha ie belief in eternal happiness .
The pattern of Balinese society is very rigid and tied to the norms of both religious and social . In the context of religious norms , for example , every Balinese Hindus obliged to carry out prayer or worship in certain temples are required to live together in one community , the ownership of agricultural land is required in a particular Subak , are required in social status based on color , on kinship ties required under patrilineal principles .

Balinese settlement structure can be divided into two types: concentric patterns of settlement as it did in the Balinese who live in the mountains and settlements spread out like that happen to people of Bali are located in the lowlands . In the concentric pattern , traditional village which became a central point . While the patterns of spread , the village is divided into a single unit smaller area called Banjar .