The Beautiful Bali

Bali was an island in Indonesia, at the same time becoming one of the Indonesian provinces. Bali was located between the Javanese Island and the Lombok Island. The capital of his province was Denpasar, that was located at the south of this island. The inhabitants's Balinese majority was the adherent of the Hindu religion. In the world, Bali was known as the aim of tourism with the uniqueness of various results art-culture him, especially for the Japanese tourists and Australia. Bali was also known as the Island of the Gods.

The Balinese island was part of the Island Sundanese Kecil along 153 km and was as wide 112 km around 3,2 km from the Javanese Island. In an astronomical manner, Bali was located in 8°25′23″ Lintang Selatan and 115°14′55″ Lintang Timur that mebuat him had a tropical climate like the Indonesian part that was other. Mount Agung was the highest point in Bali be as high as 3.148 m.. This volcano finally erupted in March 1963. Mount Batur also one of the available mountains in Bali. Around 30,000 last year, Mount Batur erupted and produced the disaster that was horrifying in the earth. Be different from on the north, the Balinese southern part was the plain that was passed through rivers. The Balinese capital was Denpasar. Other important places were Ubud as the centre of art was located in the Gianyar Regency; whereas Kuta, Sanur, Se- Minyak, Jimbaran and Nusa Dua were several places that became the aim of tourism, both the coastal tour and holiday accommodation.

First occupants of the Balinese island it was estimated came to 3000-2500 SM that migrated from Asia. The legacy of stone equipment was from this period found in the village Choke that was located at the west of the island. The prehistoric time afterwards ended with the arrival of Hindu people from India to 100 SM. [reconciliation? ] Balinese culture afterwards received the strong influence of Indian culture, that his process was increasingly fast after the 1st Masehi age. The Balidwipa name (the Balinese island) began to be found in various inscriptions, among them the Blanjong Inscription that was issued by Sri Kesari Warmadewa in 913 M. and named Walidwipa words. Estimated around this period the irrigation system subak for planting of rice began to be developed. Several religious traditions and the culture also began to be developing in the period. The Majapahit kingdom (1293–1500 AD) that was religious Hindu and concentrated in the Javanese island, had established the kingdom of the subordinate in Bali around the year 1343 of M. Saat Itu almost all of the Indonesian Archipelago were religious Hindu, but together with the Islam arrival stood Islam kingdoms in the Indonesian Archipelago that in part caused the Majapahit fall.

Europeans who the first time found Bali were Cornelis de Houtman from the Netherlands to 1597, although a Portugis ship had beforehand been casted ashore close to the Hill cape, Jimbaran, to 1585. The Netherlands through VOC then began to carry out his colonisation in the Balinese land, but continued to receive the opposition so as up to the end of his authority their position in Bali not was as firm as their position in Java or the Moluccas. Began with the north Balinese territory, since the 1840 's the Dutch presence became permanent, that initially was carried out by pitting various Balinese rulers against each other that each other did not trust to one another. The Netherlands carried out the big attack through sea and the land against the Sanur area, and were followed with the Denpasar area. The Balinese side that lost in the number and weapons not want to experienced embarrassed because of surrendering, so as to cause the occurrence of the war to death or bellows, that involved all the good people the man and the woman including his king. Estimated as many as 4,000 people were killed in this incident, although the Netherlands ordered them to surrender.

Japan occupied Bali while World War II, and at that time a military officer named I Gusti Ngurah Rai formed Balinese troops the 'independence fighter'. Following surrendered him Japan in the Pacific in August 1945, the Netherlands immediately returned to Indonesia (including Bali) to maintain again his colonial government was proper for the situation before the war. This was opposed by Balinese opposition troops that at that time used the Japanese weapon. On November 20 1940, broke out the Margarana bellows battle that happened in the Clan village, Kabupaten Tabanan, Bali middle. Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai, that was 29 years old, led his troops from the east Balinese territory to carry out the attack to death to Dutch troops that were fully-armed. All of the battalion's Balinese member was killed all of them, and made him the Balinese military opposition that was last. During 1946 the Netherlands made Bali as one of the 13 territories part of the Country Indonesian Timur that just was proclaimed, that is as one of the rival's countries for the Republic of Indonesia that was proclaimed and headed by Sukarno and Hatta. Bali afterwards also was put inside Republic of Indonesia Serikat when the Netherlands acknowledged Indonesian independence on December 29 1949. In 1950, officially Bali left his union with the Netherlands and legally to a province from the Republic of Indonesia. The Mount Agung eruption that happened in 1963, could shake the economy of the people and caused many Balinese inhabitants to transmigrate to various other territories in Indonesia. In 1965, together with the failure of the coup by G30S against the national government in Jakarta, in Bali and many areas other happened penumpasan against the member and the sympathiser Communist Party Indonesia. In Bali, was estimated more than 100,000 people were killed or were lost. Nevertheless, incidents in the beginning period of this Baru Order up to at this time did not yet succeed in being revealed .

The terrorist's attack happened on October 12 2002, took the form of the Bali Bombing attack 2002 in the Kuta tourism region, caused as many as 202 people to be killed and 209 other people of the injury. The Bom Bali attack 2005 also happened three years afterwards in Kuta and the Jimbaran coast. These incidents received international coverage that was wide because most of his casualties were foreign tourists, and caused the Balinese tourism industry to face the difficult challenge several last years.

The Balinese inhabitants approximately an amount 4 million souls, with the majority 92,3% followed the Hindu religion. The other religion was Islam, Protestan, Katolik, and Buddha. Apart from the sector of tourism, the Balinese inhabitants also lived from agriculture and fisheries. Some also chose to become the artist. The language that was used in Bali was Indonesian, Bali, and England especially for that worked in the sector of tourism. Balinese and Indonesian were the language that was widest of his use in Bali, and as the Indonesian inhabitants other, most Balinese communities were bilingual or even trilingual. Although being gotten by several dialects in Balinese, generally the Balinese community used a form of social Balinese as the choice in communicating. Traditionally, the use of various Balinese dialects was determined was based on the system of the colour chess in the Hindu Dharma religion; although the implementation of this tradition tended to decrease. English was the third language (and the main foreign language) for many Balinese communities, that were affected by the requirement that was big from the tourism industry.