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  2. Balinese language - Wikipedia

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    The highland dialect, also known as Bali Aga [dialect] is a dialect of the Balinese language spoken by the Bali Aga people in mountainous areas and northern part of Bali, especially in the mountain range of Kintamani, and regencies nearby such as Bangli, Buleleng, and Karangasem, as well in Nusa Penida. [18]

  3. Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali

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    Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali is a 1980 book written by anthropologist Clifford Geertz. [1] Geertz argues that the pre-colonial Balinese state was not a "hydraulic bureaucracy" nor an oriental despotism, but rather, an organized spectacle. The noble rulers of the island were less interested in administering the lives of ...

  4. Public holidays in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Hari Penegakan Kedaulatan Negara: 2022: Commemoration of the 1949 General Offensive in Yogyakarta. [5] [6] 8 March: International Women's Day: Hari Perempuan Internasional: United Nations observance. 9 March: National Music Day: Hari Musik Nasional: 2013: Birthday of Wage Rudolf Supratman, author of the Indonesian national anthem. [7] 18 March ...

  5. List of districts in Bali - Wikipedia

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    The province of Bali in Indonesia is divided into kabupaten or regencies, which in turn are divided administratively into districts, known as kecamatan. The province of Bali is divided into 8 kabupaten plus 1 independent city , together divided into 57 kecamatan, in turn sub-divided into 80 urban villages and 636 rural villages . At the 2020 ...

  6. Chinese New Year - Wikipedia

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    However, "Chinese New Year" is still a commonly-used translation for people of non-Chinese backgrounds. [20] Along with the Han Chinese inside and outside of Greater China, as many as 29 of the 55 ethnic minority groups in China also celebrate Chinese New Year. Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines celebrate it as ...

  7. History of Bali - Wikipedia

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    The History of Bali covers a period from the Paleolithic to the present, and is characterized by migrations of people and cultures from other parts of Asia. In the 16th century, the history of Bali started to be marked by Western influence with the arrival of Europeans, to become, after a long and difficult colonial period under the Dutch, an example of the preservation of traditional cultures ...

  8. Balinese temple - Wikipedia

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    Balinese temple layout, arranged in three zones (mandalas)Unlike the common towering indoor Hindu temples of the Indian Subcontinent, puras are designed as open-air places of worship within enclosed walls, connected with a series of intricately decorated gates between their compounds.

  9. Chinese Indonesian surname - Wikipedia

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    In employing this strategy, individuals translate their Chinese name into Indonesian, Indonesian regional languages, or common non-native names in Indonesia, such as those with Arabic or Sanskrit influence. For example, Sofjan Wanandi translated his surname Liem (林), which meant "forest", to the old Javanese word "wana".