HISTORY
It’s certain that Bali has been populated since early prehistoric times, but the oldest human artefacts found are 3000-years-old stone tools and earthenware vessels from Cekik. Not much is known of Bali during the period when Indian traders brought Hinduism to the Indonesian archipelago, but the earliest written records are stone inscriptions dating from around the 9th century. By the time, rice was being grown under the complex irrigation system known as Subak, and there were precursors of the religious and cultural traditions that can be traced to the present day.
SUBAK / RICE FIELD WATER IRIGATION SYSTEM in BALI
It’s certain that Bali has been populated since early prehistoric times, but the oldest human artefacts found are 3000-years-old stone tools and earthenware vessels from Cekik. Not much is known of Bali during the period when Indian traders brought Hinduism to the Indonesian archipelago, but the earliest written records are stone inscriptions dating from around the 9th century. By the time, rice was being grown under the complex irrigation system known as Subak, and there were precursors of the religious and cultural traditions that can be traced to the present day.
SUBAK / RICE FIELD WATER IRIGATION SYSTEM in BALI
Subak is Balinese traditional irrigation system arranging / managing the division of water to the farmer's rice field fairly and flatten. It is a traditional organization with its specially activities in the rice field inclusive of making and cleaning aqueduct, dividing water, making ceremony and other. All of these are conducted socially, voluntary and together
Dewi Sri, the Rice Goddess who personifies the life force, is undoubtedly the most worshipped deity in Bali. The symbol representing Dewi Sri seen time and again: an hourglass figure often made from rice stalks, woven from coconut leaves, engraved of painted onto wood, made out of old Chinese coins, or hammered out of metal. Shrines made of bamboo or stone honoring Dewi Sri are erected in every rice field.
Dewi Sri, the Rice Goddess who personifies the life force, is undoubtedly the most worshipped deity in Bali. The symbol representing Dewi Sri seen time and again: an hourglass figure often made from rice stalks, woven from coconut leaves, engraved of painted onto wood, made out of old Chinese coins, or hammered out of metal. Shrines made of bamboo or stone honoring Dewi Sri are erected in every rice field.
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