In accordance with the rules of traditional Balinese architecture, the temples are normally built in three courtyards, namely an outer courtyard, a middle courtyard, and an inner courtyard. This division is made based on the religious concept of cosmologies.
In the upslope north direction, higher than the rest of the temple is the inner sunctom, which contains the sacred shrines. It is clearly divided from the rest of th temple by a wall and a huge called the "Kori Agung". If the land is relativetly flat the inner sunctom is often artificially elevated above the other division of the temple, either upon a stone base or upon an earth fill.
The middle section of the temple is called "Jaba Tengah" and is transitional betwen sacred and secural spaces. It contains storage rooms, the structure for arrange offering before they are taken into the inner sunctom. Saparated from the middle area by another wall and a large split gate called "Candi Bentar" is the most south, hence the lowest and least sacred courtyard, it is called "Jabaan", meaning outside. Here secular activities are permitted, food - stalls are set up at festival times, where the people come to eat and chat.
In each of these three temples areas only certain kinds of artistic performance are permitted during the usual three days period of an anniversary festival. Only the most sacred performances of music and dance called "Wali" are permitted in the inner sunctom. Performances are usually limited to those that welcome the deified ancestors who have been invited to attend.
Sometimes passessions of a performer or a spirit occurs and the spirits possessing the person may speak through the mouth of the possessed, who is in trance. Priest listen with a great attention to what is said.
Performances of the middle courtyard of the temples are classified as "Bebali", and are mostly dramatic in nature, more secular than the sacred performances of the inner sunctom, but having considerable religious significant.
In the outer - courtyard of the temples one finds secular performances called "Bali - Balian" that are presented mostly entertainment of the audience, although there is considerable feeling that the visiting deities will enjoy them too.
And in Bali, each village has at least three main temples, and most villages of any size have many more public temples than the minimum, there are in addition, the State Temples, The Regional Temples, The Irrigation Temples that belong to the rice growers association, and every family has a family temple. There are so many temples in Bali, so that's why Bali is also called the island of thousands temples. Someone once estimated that there are about 25,000 temple in Bali big and small.
In the upslope north direction, higher than the rest of the temple is the inner sunctom, which contains the sacred shrines. It is clearly divided from the rest of th temple by a wall and a huge called the "Kori Agung". If the land is relativetly flat the inner sunctom is often artificially elevated above the other division of the temple, either upon a stone base or upon an earth fill.
The middle section of the temple is called "Jaba Tengah" and is transitional betwen sacred and secural spaces. It contains storage rooms, the structure for arrange offering before they are taken into the inner sunctom. Saparated from the middle area by another wall and a large split gate called "Candi Bentar" is the most south, hence the lowest and least sacred courtyard, it is called "Jabaan", meaning outside. Here secular activities are permitted, food - stalls are set up at festival times, where the people come to eat and chat.
In each of these three temples areas only certain kinds of artistic performance are permitted during the usual three days period of an anniversary festival. Only the most sacred performances of music and dance called "Wali" are permitted in the inner sunctom. Performances are usually limited to those that welcome the deified ancestors who have been invited to attend.
Sometimes passessions of a performer or a spirit occurs and the spirits possessing the person may speak through the mouth of the possessed, who is in trance. Priest listen with a great attention to what is said.
Performances of the middle courtyard of the temples are classified as "Bebali", and are mostly dramatic in nature, more secular than the sacred performances of the inner sunctom, but having considerable religious significant.
In the outer - courtyard of the temples one finds secular performances called "Bali - Balian" that are presented mostly entertainment of the audience, although there is considerable feeling that the visiting deities will enjoy them too.
And in Bali, each village has at least three main temples, and most villages of any size have many more public temples than the minimum, there are in addition, the State Temples, The Regional Temples, The Irrigation Temples that belong to the rice growers association, and every family has a family temple. There are so many temples in Bali, so that's why Bali is also called the island of thousands temples. Someone once estimated that there are about 25,000 temple in Bali big and small.
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