Religion Realm

From a linguistic perspective, the Bali Aga tribe is Austronesian, just like other ethnic groups in the western Lesser Sunda Islands. Well, just like most regions in Indonesia which used to embrace animism & dynamism, so does this society. In Tenganan, where tourism is more readily accepted & the people are said to be friendlier, a 3-day festival called usaba sambah is held during June/July.

The province of East Java borders the Java Sea to the north, the Bali Strait to the east, the Indian Ocean to the south, and the province of Central Java to the west. According to a linguistics expert from Udayana University, Prof. Dr. I Wayan Jendra, SU. Before the arrival of Hinduism & Buddhism, the indigenous people of the archipelago practiced various types of animism. Even though some families come from Majapahit, they are a minority, and they have full control over all matters of state life, including bringing Hinduism. People accepted it & combined it with the pre-Hindu mythology they believed in. The theological basis of Balinese Hinduism comes from Indian philosophy while animist beliefs are the basis of various rituals. It is thought that the previously existing animist beliefs were mixed with Hinduism and produced a new type of fusion of Hinduism which contained unique characteristics and therefore made it different from Hinduism in India. Hinduism became mixed with