Bali History
Bali is an Indonesian island located
at Coordinates: 8°25′23″S 115°14′55″Ethe westernmost of the Lesser Sunda
Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is
one of the country's 33provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards
the south of the island.
With a population recorded as 3,151,000 in 2005, the island is home to
the vast majority of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. 93.18% of Bali's
population adheres to Balinese Hinduism, while most of the remainder
follow Islam. It is also the largest touristdestination in the country
and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including dance,
sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking and music.
Bali was inhabited by Austronesian peoples by about 2000 BC who migrated
originally from Taiwan through Maritime Southeast Asia.[2] Culturally
and linguistically, the Balinese are thus closely related to the peoples
of the Indonesian archipelago, the Philippines, and Oceania.[3] Stone
tools dating from this time have been found near the village of Cekik in
the island's west.[4] (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali )
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