Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located at 8°25′23″S, 115°14′55″E the western most of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking and music.
History
In prehistoric time around 2500 BC , descendants of a prehistoric race start migration from Asia mainland to Indonesian archipelago , Including Bali island prehistoric time end after 100 BC when people from India migrated to Bali and influent how people live and their culture.
The Hindu Majapahit Empire (1293–1520 AD) on eastern Java conquered a Balinese colony in 1343. When the empire declined, there was an exodus of intellectuals, artists, priests and musicians from Java to Bali in the 15th century.
The First European contact with Bali is thought to have been when Dutch explorer Cornelis de Houtman arrived in 1597 , Dutch rule over Bali came later trough VOC. War against Dutch the Balinese were hopelessly overwhelmed in number and armament, but rather than face the humiliation of surrender, they mounted a final defensive but suicidal assault, or puputan. the images of the puputan highly tarnished the Dutch in the international community. Perhaps to make up for this, the Dutch did not make the Balinese enter into a forced cultivation system as had in Java, and instead tried to promote Balinese culture through their policy of "Baliseering" or the "Balinization of Bali".
Balinese culture art like architecture , handicraft and dance performance has grow and interact with western culture. Western people who has become pioneer in this is Welter Spies. He was the first man bought Bali art road show to travelling all around Europe in 1930
Balinese people has understand about deference or yin and yang know as rwa bhineda, which is conjunction with space (desa ) , time (kala) dan real condition on field. Concept Desa, Kala, dan Patra has make Bali culture so flexible and selective when accepting and adopted influence from outside. acculturation process by communication and interaction between Balinese culture and outside like India, China and western can been seen today on dance performance , art painting , sculpture , metal working , etc , its also has make new art creation creativity.
Since 1920 Bali wide know as one of beautiful place to visit , with complex irrigation system subak was developed to grow rice, culture and religion to be the heart of everyday Balinese live and Bali’s beach and waves . its make Bali has potential to world to look Bali as their destination
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