Last post

I am glad to tell that I finished my project. It was very interesting for me to learn more about the Balinese Hinduism as I go there annually. To make detailed research and to spend a lot of time for my ILP was definitely worth it and I am proud of my final product.

Additional source material

As I mentioned in the post "sources" I am going to search for sources in form of books.

In the Mediothek I recently found two magazines about Bali/Indonesia which contain information about Balinese religion (middle & right on fig.) and a book explaining all five world religion (left on fig.).

So I'll try to creat a good mix of internet and printed sources.

Update 2015-01-19: Geo special Indonesien not used.

Manku in action

Additionally to the post about the house blessing I have found the video of the priest at work. He was murmuring these special sounds for like 45 minutes. Vocal cords of steel!

Very close attendance at a funeral

Last summer in Bali we were shopping in a small village as we randomly ran in to a funeral ceremony. My granduncle explained me that the are turning around the offerings and the throne 360° to first confuse the soul and then let it go. 

This phenomenon of the ongoing cycle of reincarnation (Samsara) is an important part of every version of Hinduism.

The whistles you can hear sound like a Brazilian street festival, but it's not. The religion police (the guy with the black and white plaid Sarong, yellow vest and red headdress) is leading the whole rite with a blowpipe.

A huge mass of people were attending the ceremony

Bali is religiously isolated

Although almost 100% of the indonesian population are Muslim 90% of the resident in Bali are Hindus. The Balinese population (about 4 millions) practice their special form of Hinduism since centuries and settled down in Indonesia even before the Muslims did.

Religion in Indonesia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Indonesia

Nine Beliefs of Hinduism

The Hinduism in general has nine basic beliefs which are followed by all denominations of this religion. Even though there are several reinterpretations by one of the four subsections (Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism or Smartism) we can say they all follow the same spirituality.

Worldwide distribution of Hinduism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism

Sources

In this post I'll list up all internet pages or other forms of information that could be useful for my ILP. The post is constantly updated if something changes or new stuff is found and before handing over the project all not used data will be deleted.

My problems regarding the resources of information are the that I'm strongly dependent on the internet. So I thought about balancing the different part of sources and I am going to organize myself a book about Hinduism (if possible even one on Balinese Hinduism). Additionally to that I can always ask my granduncle via Skype or Email who is living in Bali since 20 years and knows quite a lot about this religion and about this particular form of Hinduism practiced in Bali.

Hinduism

Hinduism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism


Hinduismus
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduismus


Basic beliefs
https://www.himalayanacademy.com/readlearn/basics/nine-beliefs

Names of important divinities of Hinduism
http://www.reinold-online.de/Hinduismus/goetter_hinduismus.htm

Willi Bühler, Benno Bühlmann, Andrea Kessler (Hrsg.): Sachbuch Religionen

Hinduismus, Buddhismus, Judentum, Christentum

db-verlag


Hinduismus erklärt | Eine Religion in (fast) fünf Minuten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDonVDFwpwg&index=8&list=WL&spfreload=10

Balinese Hinduism

Hinduism in Indonesia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Indonesia

Balinese Hinduism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balinese_Hinduism


History of Balinese Hinduism
http://playground.0religion1.com/2011/die-auspragungen-und-charakteristiken-des-hinduismus-auf-
bali/

History
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/indonesia/bali/history

Overview/caste system/funeral/life cycle/ceremonies/Balinese village
http://www.balimountainretreat.com/batukara/baliinfo.html


Balinese Hindu Gods and Goddesses
http://monkeyforestubud.com/temple_god.html


The caste system
http://www.balix.com/travel/guide/chapters/about_bali/people_caste.html


Caste system of Balinese Hinduism
http://www.discover-bali-indonesia.com/encyclopedia-caste-system-of-hinduism.html


Balinese culture - rites & festivals
http://www.pande-bali.com/culture/ceremony.html


Overview / religious feasts
http://www.insel-der-goetter.de/kultur.htm

Hindu festivals & temple ceremonies (Bali)
http://www.mydestination.com/bali/usefulinfo/6181897/hindu-festivals--temple-ceremonies

Diana Darling: Bali - Party Service für die Götter.

In: Merian (10. Okt. 1997), 82 - 89 

And for assistance or if not available in English I might consider to use a German sources if I have problems in understanding.

Pictures (basically all pictures are taken by myself unless mentioned)


Distribution of Hinduism 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism
Demographics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism#mediaviewer/File:Hinduism_percent_population_in_each_nation_World_Map_Hindu_data_by_Pew_Research.svg

Religions in Indonesia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Indonesia