by Jonathan Copeland

in consultation with
Ni Wayan Murni

Gateway Books International

CONTENTS

1. BALI: VITAL STATISTICS
2. THE BIG BANG
3. BALINESE AFRICAN ORIGINS: WAVE 1
4. BALINESE AFRICAN ORIGINS: WAVE 2
5. APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEPTIVE
6. BALI’S EARLY DAYS
7. OLD BALINESE KINGS
8. THE MAJAPAHITS
9. THE SPICE RACE
10. GOING DUTCH
11. THE DUTCH TAKE BALI
12. LIFE UNDER THE DUTCH
13. CULTURAL TOURISM
14. JAPANESE OCCUPATION, NATIONAL REVOLUTION
15. INDEPENDENCE
16. THE EARTH MOVED
17. BALINESE CALENDARS
18. BALINESE HINDUISM
19. CORE BELIEFS
20. HOLY WATER! HOLY SMOKE! HOLY MOLY!
21. CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS
22. RICE GLORIOUS RICE
23. BALINESE EATING HABITS
24. BALINESE RECIPES
25. THREE BALINESE STORIES
26. NAMES, TITLES AND CASTES
27. EVERYTHING COMES IN 3S AND BALINESE ETIQUETTE
28. BALINESE OFFERINGS
29. BALINESE COCKFIGHTS
30. BALINESE SYMBOLISM
31. A PASSION FOR CLASSIFICATION
32. BALINESE TEMPLES
33. TYPES OF TEMPLES
34. HOLY MEN AND WOMEN
35. BALINESE ARCHITECTURE
36. A CEREMONY A DAY
37. RITES OF PASSAGE
38. GETTING MARRIED
39. THE BALINESE WAY OF DYING
40. A TEMPLE CEREMONY
41. THE MOTHER OF ALL TEMPLES, THE MOTHER OF ALL CEREMONIES
42. A SELECTION OF MAJOR TEMPLES
43. ISLAND-WIDE CEREMONIES
44. BALINESE ORGANISATIONS
45. THE EPICS
46. TRADITIONAL BALINESE PAINTING
47. ARTISTIC ENDEAVOUR
48. CARVING WOOD AND STONE
49. BALINESE MASKS
50. BALINESE DANCES
51. DANCE REVIEW
52. TRANCE DANCES
53. SHADOW PUPPET PERFORMANCES
54. MUSIC IN BALI
55. GAMELAN INSTRUMENTS
56. BALINESE DRESS
57. TEXTILE TECHNIQUES
58. BALINESE TEXTILES
59. MADS LANGE AND WALTER SPIES
60. SUMMING UP: DO THE BALINESE THINK LIKE WESTERNERS?

GLOSSARY OF BALINESE EXPRESSIONS
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