Bali Explorer
Balinese Hindu uses two-calender system. One is
Pawukon system, a 210-day cycle that divided into ten separate week
system. The other one is Saka Calendar, a lunar calendar that originally
from South India and brought to Indonesia around 465 AD. One Saka
year has 12 month and each month ends on a new moon. The Saka Year
is 78 years behind the Gregorian calendar. The calendar begins on
the first day of the 10th lunar month or ends on the new moon of
9th month. < more..>
Balinese Hindu believes that knowledge is
an essential medium to achieve the goal of life as a human being.
Saraswati Day is celebrated to honor God as source of the knowledge.
God, in this particular celebration, is manifested as Saraswati
Dewi, Goddess Saraswati. She is depicted as a beautiful lady with
four hands holding a musical instrument, meditation bead chain,
as well as palm leaf manuscript. <more..>
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