Religion in Bali by C. Hooykaas

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playing snap shut are his lips—in this way the limbs etc. are equated to the whole inventory of hellish terrors. Infinitely charming is one of the forms of pegat, 'cutting (the liens)', 'taking leave'. A young child had died; it lay on its bier. Her playmates were at the foot end, and connected with it by strings which they held in their hands. Midway each string was a coin which in Bali has a hole in the middle. Such a string was burned through at the bier side of the coin so that each child received its coin as a souvenir. Play? Fancy? Extremely touching. The examples could be multiplied but the matter is sufficiently clear. Inseparable union of seriousness and playful fantasy. But what to think when déwa and bhatara are the word for deity and God, but also used as a feudal title and the word used to address the king? Priests and laymen agree that teeth should be filed at maturity 'to prevent that one should be reborn provided with fangs and tusks'. One never saw anybody, his mouth adorned in this way, but knows that not everybody had his teeth filled. The costs for the offerings considered to be needed at tooth filing are often prohibitive. Here a possible former belief seems to have ceded its place to social play, the tooth filing display of wealth. The dead should be cremated, 'to save their souls'. The ritual is expensive and by far most Balinese are never cremated. Are the Balinese so cruel or is cremation more a matter of social display than of belief? Some say: potlatch. I witnessed a commoner's marriage. First there was a long palaver between all men concerned at such an occasion; each had his say, some of them at considerable length. "The results were found to be satisfactory; without delay bride and groom went through several picturesque practical rituals. At the right moment the bride took leave from her parental home and was genuinely moved to tears. Next the offerings were brought for the first signs of
gravidity; such things happen. But then the three children came to the front for since several years the couple had been happily married. The whole performance had mainly been a social play: the groom had found the money for the offerings for his marriage. Now he could be sure of his voting right in the village community.
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Page 5 and 6: [12] COVARRUBIAS, MIGUEL, Island of
Page 7 and 8: [35] MERSHON, K. E., Seven plus Sev
Page 9 and 10: [56] ZOETMULDER, P. J., Old Javanes
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Page 15 and 16: A sensible young mother, when givin
Page 17 and 18: 4 Some Dangers We are used to find
Page 19 and 20: 9. Gives a long enumeration, someti
Page 21 and 22: When a lady of high caste gave birt
Page 23 and 24: 6 Demons The kanda mpat are not a m
Page 25 and 26: agriculturists in the shape of mice
Page 27 and 28: 8 Holy Water(s) When in § 5 impuri
Page 29 and 30: the Supreme God Siwa to his own bod
Page 31 and 32: The pamangku may help his villagers
Page 33 and 34: 10 Priests: Padanda (m) In insular
Page 35 and 36: not interested in their entirely di
Page 37 and 38: 12 Priests: Sengguhu For two reason
Page 39 and 40: open for one's Surya. The sengguhu
Page 41 and 42: to lukat soil which had become 'hot
Page 44 and 45: 15 Trance The priests of the preced
Page 46 and 47: 16 Laymen The repeated mentioning o
Page 48 and 49: the cave of bats. When the vehicle
Page 50 and 51: een taken away) and bajang cholong,
Page 52 and 53: 19 Burial and Cremation (v, w, x) I
Page 54 and 55: 20 The Playful Mind The Balinese go
Page 58 and 59: 21 Cows Not Holy In India cows shou
Page 60 and 61: (e) Yama raja, drawing by Ida Wayan
Page 62 and 63: (n 1) A performance of wayang lemah
Page 64 and 65: (s 4) The baby (not without some gu
Page 66: (z 2) Tumbal rajah (cf. j) Sang Hya
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