CULTURE OF

BALINESE
 RAHMA DIANI PUTU SUNAR AJI
( C11.2019.02081 )

 SHELILA KARIMA SAFITRI

( C11.2019.02082 )

 RORI NAHLA OKTAVIANI

( C11.2019.02090 )

 AMARA ALIFVIA PUTRI

( C11.2019.02092 )
RELIGION OF BALINESE

 THE MAJORITY RELIGION OF

BALINESE IS HINDU
 OF THE FOUR MILLION
INHABITANTS OF BALI, 83.5%
ADHENES TO HINDU BELIEFS.
 HOW CAN HINDUISM BE THE
MAJORITY RELIGION OF
BALINESE ?

BECAUSE THAT MAKES THE ISLAND OF BALI THE

ONLY ISLAND WITH HINDU INHABITANTS EVEN
THOUGH THE INHABITANTS OF THE SURROUNDING
ISLANDS HAVE EMBRACED ISLAMIC RELIGION CAN’T
BE SEPARATED FROM THE HISTORY OF THE HINDU
KINGDOM (MAJAPAHIT) AND ISLAM (MATARAM) IN THE
PAST
 1. Bali always has a close relationship with majapahit. When
Majapahit was at its peak, Bali was made wrong one center of
power. Which later became the kingdom of gelgel (which adheres
to Hindu religion) which is getting stronger along with the
greater kingdom of Majapahit

2. After Majapahit success, royal reign The gelgel is getting

stronger and stronger. When the mataram is The Islamic kingdom
began to be strong, the kingdom of gelgel, too strong to be
conquered.

3. Dutch reception makes concentration of mataram split, and

also at that time mataram because of conflicts internal. More than
mataram Netherlands. Remaining While starting to decline, the
gel can still survive. These reasons make Hindu survive in Bali.
 TRADITION OF BALINESE
A. NYEPI DAY
Celebration of Nyepi on the island
of Bali is held once a year and as a
sabbatical new year or As a
welcome moon.

In Nyepi, it is very different from

other holidays. There is no need
for crowds to be able to reflect On
the mistakes of the past.
B. NGABEN CEREMONY
Is where the deceased is obliged to carry out the ceremony in
order to honor the ancestors who preceded them.
 SACRED DAY OF BALINESE
GALUNGAN DAY
 The purpose of holding this  This Sacred Day comes every 6
Hindu religious sacred day is months precisely on Wednesday
to commemorate the victory of (Buda), Kliwon, wuku Dungulan.
dharma (goodness) against
adharma (evil), also known as
the universe for religious
heritage (the birth of the
universe), the people must
worship Ida Sang Hyang Widi
for the creation of the universe
and give thanks.
 KUNINGAN DAY
 It is celebrated 10 days after Galungan, so that it is automatically
held every 6 months (210 days), on Saturday (Saniscara), Kliwon, and
Kuningan.
SIWARATRI DAY
Believed by Hindu as a day of fusion of sin, a sacred night coincides
with Lord Shiva's payogan. Sin can’t be removed, but in the evening of
holy reflection can forgiveness of sins that we have done.
At that time, the people are expected to do asceticism, brata yoga all
day and all night, without sleeping if possible without eating. But at
least, the people are made to be able to mejagra (literacy) all day and all
night long.
It is celebrated once a year according to the Saka calendar, on Tilem
(dead month) sasih Kepitu.
 LOCATION OF BALINESE
Bali is a province of Indonesia and the western most of the
Lesser Sunda Islands. Located east of Java and west of Lombok,
the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller
neighbouring islands. The provincial capital, Denpasar, is the most
populous city in the Lesser Sunda Islands.

The island of Bali lies 4 km east of Java, and is approximately

8 degrees south of the equator. Bali and Java are separated by the
Bali Strait. East to west, the island is approximately 153 km wide
and spans approximately 112 km north to south.