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Bali: A Cultural History
Arthur Cotterell
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Description for Bali: A Cultural History
Paperback. Cultural history of island idyll. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Bali is unlike anywhere else. Despite the advent of international tourism, this Indonesian island remains an untarnished cultural gem set in an idyllic landscape. Spirit-haunted as is the rest of Southeast Asia, Bali boasts a unique amalgam of beliefs because Hinduism overlays a much older relationship with the physical world. Nothing is considered to be inanimate. Towering volcanoes, majestic lakes, lush forests, gushing springs, flooded paddies, golden sands and blue seas - all these spectacular features have convinced the Balinese that their island is in itself a cosmos. Even though Bali suffered under the Japanese during World War Two, in ... Read more
Bali is unlike anywhere else. Despite the advent of international tourism, this Indonesian island remains an untarnished cultural gem set in an idyllic landscape. Spirit-haunted as is the rest of Southeast Asia, Bali boasts a unique amalgam of beliefs because Hinduism overlays a much older relationship with the physical world. Nothing is considered to be inanimate. Towering volcanoes, majestic lakes, lush forests, gushing springs, flooded paddies, golden sands and blue seas - all these spectacular features have convinced the Balinese that their island is in itself a cosmos. Even though Bali suffered under the Japanese during World War Two, in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909930179
SKU
V9781909930179
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About Arthur Cotterell
ARTHUR COTTERELL has lived and travelled widely in Asia. His recently published Asia: a Concise History was described by Professor Anthony Milner of the Australian National University as 'an extraordinary achievement'.
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