Bali History and Culture

Bali History and Culture - Bali was inhabited by about 2000 BC by Austronesian peoples who migrated originally from Taiwan through Maritime Southeast Asia. In the old Bali, nine Hindu sects existed, namely Pasupati, Bhairawa, Siwa Shidanta, Waisnawa, Bodhi, Brahma, Resi, Sora and Ganapatya. Balinese culture was strongly influenced by the Indian Hindu culture of China, in particular, starting around the 1st century AD.

Bali History and Culture

The name Bali dwipa ( " Bali island " ) has been discovered from various inscriptions, including the Blanjong pillar inscription written by Sri Kesari Warmadewa in 914 AD and mentioning "Walidwipa". It was during this time that the complex irrigation system subak was developed to grow rice. The Hindu Majapahit Empire (1293–1520 AD) on eastern Java founded 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 - Bali History and Culture.

Bali History and Culture

In 1597 the Dutch explorer Cornelis de Houtman arrived at Bali and, with the establishment of the Dutch East India Company in 1602, the stage was set for colonial control two and a half centuries later when Dutch control expanded across the Indonesian archipelago throughout the second half of the nineteenth century (see Dutch East Indies). Dutch political and economic control over Bali Culture began in the 1840s on the island's north coast, when the Dutch pitted various distrustful Balinese realms against each other. In the late 1890s, struggles between Balinese kingdoms in the island's south were exploited by the Dutch to increase their control.

Bali History and Culture - Culturally ( as Galungan Festival ) and linguistically, the Balinese are thus closely connected to the peoples of the Indonesian archipelago, the Philippines, and Oceania. The name of Bali dwipa ("Bali island") has been exposed from various inscriptions, including the Blanjong column inscription written by Sri Kesari Warmadewa in 914 AD and mentioning "Walidwipa". The Hindu Majapahit Empire (1293-1520 AD) on eastern Java founded a Balinese colony in 1343. Dutch political and economic control over Bali began in the 1840s on the island's north coast, when the Dutch pitted various distrustful Balinese realms against each other.