Custodians of the Sacred Mountains: Culture and Society in the Highlands of BaliCustodians of the Sacred Mountains is the first comprehensive ethnography of the Bali Aga, a large ethnic minority that occupies the island's central highlands. The Bali Aga are popularly viewed as the indigenous counterparts to other Balinese who trace their origin to invaders from the Javanese kingdom of Majapait, who have ruled Bali from the fourteenth century A.D. Although Bali remains one of the most intensely researched localities in the world, the Bali Aga have long been overshadowed by the more exotic courtly culture of the south. |
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Custodians of the Sacred Mountains: Culture and Society in the Highlands of Bali Thomas A. Reuter No preview available - 2002 |