Author: EISEMAN, FRED B. & MARGARET EISEMAN,
Title: Bali Sekala and Niskala: Essays on Religion, Ritual, and Art; Society, Tradition, and Art. {First edition].
Description: Berkeley-Singapore, Periplus-Eric M. Oey, 1989. 2 vols. Stout 8°. Original coloured limp glossy wrappers. Cover design by Peter Ivey in original decorative traditional balinese art design. (xii), 308; (xv), 368pp. Many captioned monochrome illustrations after drawings in text, diagrams and tables in text and full-page, detailed explanatory glossary balinese and indonesian, expressions and phrases, index, table of contents. Synopsis on lower outer covers. English language scholarly investigation into Bali and the Balinese, motto Bali what you see (Bali Sekala), Bali what you don't See (Bali Niskala). Detailed research about Bali and its population, one of the world's most talented traditional societies. In two volumes an attempt is made to relate physical geography and climate of Bali Island as an important factor to the devlopment of all that counts for balinese culture in all its aspects of arts and crafts, ceremonies and traditions, kinship relations and lice cycle, means of subsistence and religion, festivals both private and public. Paperback edition (as orig. published). Very fine set.

Keywords: bali culture heritage physicalgeography relations arts crafts ceremoniew tradition society sociology subsistence community sakala niskala talents expression economy life lifecycle kinship indonesia s