Abstract
1 Since 1597, when Bali was 'discovered' by the Dutch explorer Cornelis de Houtman, the Balinese have been variously described as 'heathen', 'Hindoo', 'Hindu-Buddhist', 'animisitic' and so on (see Vickers 1989:12). Boon (1977:45) has discussed the manner in which, from the late nine teenth to early twentieth centuries, 'after caste, the second main rubric for characterizing Balinese life was religion', explaining that 'by religion is intended Hinduism as conveyed by Sanskritic and Kawi texts and activated in rites at the temples and shrines throughout the island'.
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