Animism is the indigenous belief system of Indonesians and has existed in Indonesia since pre-Islamic times. When Indian merchants and traders brought Islam to Indonesia, many converted but still carried with them their animist beliefs. Hence even though almost 90% of Indonesians are Muslims (Index Mundi, 2014), many do not practice pure Islam but syncretic versions of it. Hence in this essay, I will first examine the different ways in which indigenous animist beliefs have influenced the practice
This essay will mainly discuss about how the Balinese architecture developed through time since the past to the present days. The architecture built during different times and circumstances all tell a story, and it’s those “stories” that will be explored in this essay. If one looks closely enough, one can extract all those stories from each and every building block. Firstly, let’s start with the term “landscape”, the word semantically means a portion of area, of which is viewed at one time from