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The Invisible World of Hindu-Balinese: So Difficult to Believe It, yet More Difficult to Ignore It

courtesy of Google Image In the Gregorian Calendar, I was born on 28 th of October , but my birth day in Balinese Calendar falls on Whraspati Kliwon Merakih. This day comes every six months in Gregorian Calendar. Practically, we can say that I celebrate my birthday once every six months. So, because in Balinese Calendar my birthday comes once every six months, jokingly saying we can say that I get older every six months! Until this year, I am 25 years old in Gregorian Calendar, meanwhile in Balinese Calendar I am 50 years old! Unbelievable. Balinese Calendar is really mathematically complex calendar. It contains all possible counting. On the counting of days, it has 10 different days’ cycles named as Wewaran that is rotating every day, from one cycle day / eka wara , two cycle day / dwi wara , three cycle day / tri wara , four cycle day catur wara , five cycle day / panca wara , six cycle day / sad wara , seven cycle day / sapta wara , eight cycle day / asta wara , ni

Woman’s Period According to Hindu-Balinese Culture

Balinese women completed with sarung covering their legs are making offerings in the priest's compound Bakung Village, Sukasada, Buleleng, Singaraja. 2017. For some particular reasons, this topic of writing needs to be risen up in order to answer the misunderstanding happening especially in the mind of tourists who have travelled and visited temples in Bali. Nevertheless, this brief writing is more than happy having your comments or adds to improve it. Until this time, I have been tutoring and being an Indonesian Language and Culture for overseas students classes’ teaching assistant in the university for five years. During those five years, replacing some Indonesian Culture classes especially Balinese Culture classes in workshops and excursions; I had been asked many times by many curious overseas students regarding to Bali and its colorful, as well as unique culture as Hindu-Balinese. Because many of them are aware that Bali is not only about beautiful views, beach