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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