Bali Religion

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Pura Besakih: Temple, Religion and Society in Bali Pura Besakih: Temple, Religion and Society in Bali Our Price: $80.99 $76.08 (Free delivery Australia wide) Format: Paperback, 476 pages Condition: New Author: David J. Stuart-Fox Publisher: Koninklijk Instituut Voor de Tropen, March 2002 ISBN: 9067181463 EAN: 9789067181464 Dimensions: 23.93 x 16.10 x 2.51 centimetres (0.75 kg) This study of Pura Besakih--the paramount Hindu temple on Bali, which has developed over more than a thousand years into a great complex of 22 separate temples--combines an analysis of textual and historical sources with the fieldwork methods of anthropology to create a unified interpretation of this great temple.

Mudras or the Ritual Hand Poses of the Buddha Priests and the Shiva Priest of Bali Mudras or the Ritual Hand Poses of the Buddha Priests and the Shiva Priest of Bali Our Price: $44.99 $20.34 Format: Paperback, 104 pages Condition: New Author: Tyra de Kleen, A. J. D. Campbell (Introduction by) Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, July 2003 ISBN: 0766176258 EAN: 9780766176256 Dimensions: 27.94 x 20.96 x 0.56 centimetres (0.25 kg) In the Spring of 1923, Miss Tyra de Kleen, the Swedish artist and traveler, held an exhibition of her watercolor drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. They illustrated the ceremonial dances of the people, and the symbolic hand gestures (mudras) of the Pedandas (priests), as they are performed at the present day on the island of Bali, in the Netherlands East Indies. It is believed this book will prove to be a pioneer work and a foundation stone for future research in the little known branch of religious symbolism. Beautifully illustrated.

A Short History of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu Realm A Short History of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu Realm Our Price: $37.99 $25.53 Format: Paperback, 266 pages Condition: New Author: Robert Pringle Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited (Australia), April 2004 ISBN: 1865088633 EAN: 9781865088631 Dimensions: 21.29 x 14.07 x 2.06 centimetres (0.44 kg) Covering the history of Bali from before the Bronze Age to the presidency of Megawati Sukarnoputri, this examination highlights the ethnic dynamics of the island and its place in modern Indonesia. Included is an analysis of the arrival of Indian culture, early European contact, and the complex legacies of Dutch control. Also explored are the island's contemporary economic progress and the environmental problems generated by population growth and massive tourist development.

Women of the Kakawin World: Marriage and Sexuality in the Indic Courts of Java and Bali Women of the Kakawin World: Marriage and Sexuality in the Indic Courts of Java and Bali Our Price: $77.99 $64.76 (Free delivery Australia wide) Format: Paperback, 376 pages Condition: New Author: Helen Creese Publisher: M.E. Sharpe, February 2005 ISBN: 0765601605 EAN: 9780765601605 Dimensions: 22.96 x 16.81 x 2.41 centimetres (0.49 kg) Publisher Marketing: In this fascinating study the lives and mores of women in one of the least understood but most densely populated areas of the world are unveiled through the eyes of generations of court poets. For more than a millennium, the poets of the Indic courts of Java and Bali composed epic kakawin poems in which they recreated the court environment where they and their royal patrons lived. Major themes in this poetry form include war, love, and marriage. It is a rich source for the cultural and social history of Indonesia. Still being produced in Bali today, kakawin remain of interest and relevance to Balinese cultural and religious identities. This book draws on the epic kakawin poetry tradition to examine the institutions of courtship and marriage in the Indic courts. Its primary purpose is to explore the experiences of women belonging to the kakawin world, although the texts by nature reveal more about the discourses concerning women, sexuality, and gender than of the historical experiences of individual women. For over a thousand years these royal courts were major patrons of the arts. The court-sponsored epic works that have survived provide an ongoing literary testimony to the cultural and social concerns of court society form its earliest recorded history until its demise at the end of the nineteenth century. This study examines the idealized images of women and sexuality that have pervaded Javanese and Balinese culture and provides insights into a number of cultural practices. Paperback Version: Our Price: $77.99 $64.76 (Free delivery Australia wide) Hardcover Version: Our Price: $198.99 $167.65 (Free delivery Australia wide)