Advantages |
Continued... both heighten our sense of the richness and moment of particular ethnographic problems over time, and help us refine current frameworks, even if we are not perfectly persuaded that the culture itself is about to be grasped once and for all. A typical anthropological account would start with the sort of ethnographic capsule we have reserved for a subsequent chapter and would hardly bother about its historical sources. Ethnographic results are casually attributed to fieldwork, a sort of veni, vidi, comprehendi. Yet, by now we have seen that the broad sweep of Balinese ethnography and ethnology contains much that is commendable. There was an early strain of disinterested curiosity about the island, and Bali's commercial shortcomings perhaps facilitated something approaching pure research. Nevertheless, in
perusing this literature we must beware of three particularly seductive
fallacies that occasionally crop up. For example, in 1700 Bali was characterized
with a philosophical concept of promiscuous anarchy: The fallacy here is to imagine Bali as subsystematic, inadequately integrated. Although this prejudice was supported in 1700 with an accurate empirical point about population density, it was never very convincing. Too many features of Bali implied order. Another mainstay in the repertoire of ethnological attitudes was recently couched in a not altogether bad pun:
|
Critical
Point Segmentation Expansive Buleleng Reportage Anthoropological Photogenic Bali Contrast Bali Now Component Sacred Legend Maharaja Market Side Legitimacy Idealized Balinese Ness Succeeded Philosophy Post Soekarno Counterpart Tabanan Dynasties Relatives Raja fashion Sudra Dynasties Charisma Houseland Madera's PKI Advantages Ancestry |
|
For more Bali hotels Bali activities information and reservation Bali hotels in Bali hotel Bali accommodation Travel | bali hotels | Bali Golf Bali Spa Bali Diving Bali Rafting in Bali
we must point out a very important distinction which the Balinese make between
two clearly separate groups of ancestors. The first of these groups consists
of the dead who are riot yet completely purified. This group is in turn subdivided
in pirata, those riot yet cremated, and pitara, those already cremated. The
former are still completely impure; the latter have been purified, but are still
considered as distinct, individual souls. The second group consists of the completely
purified ancestors who are considered as divine. Everything Bali Indonesia |
