Balinese practice their Hindu differently from
those originated in India. Much of its astonishment, Hinduism
blossom in this island for centuries and have surpassed the influx
of Islam that flooded to its neighboring islands. Though Balinese
Hinduism shares the same conceptual from those of India, the daily
practice and tradition are very much different. Through-out the
years, it adapts new methods, and still holds the traditional
values that inherited by their grandparents.
Certain similarities are directly adopted from India such as
the Weda, the Hindu bible, many epics are told for generations
such as the famous Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, the gods and
goddess names derived from india's origin, the Balinese writing
that similar to indian characters and many other Hinduism concept.
Nonetheless, Balinese Hinduism seem to developed its own tradition
through the offerings (the so called banten in Bali), the establishment
of castes system on the island and the temples that are similar
but in many ways exquisite and are nowhere to be found but in
Bali.
The articles above are collection of the best articles about
Bali Hinduism, as an overview and possibly outline some distinctions
from India's Hinduism.
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