The
Natural Guide To Bali
Bali
inherited many cultural features from Java, and in particular its
syncreatic Buddhist Shivaist religion. Clasical literature forms
and architectural concepts were derived from Majapahit, as well
as caste system. Dance and theatre evolved from Javanese models
and narrative, as well as painting and sculpture, strongly influenced
by puppet-show theatre (wayang).

This supposedly turned the ancient, “barbarian” Bali into “the renascent
Bali of aesthetic elegance and liturgical splendour”, as noted by
Geertz in fact , some scholars, like Geertz, view the Majapahit
invasion as a myth needed to justify the position of the Balinese
upper castes, who regard themselves as descendents of the Majapahit
and their refined civilisation.
Yet
by the end of the 14th century, Bali was already recovering its
independence. Weakened by internal feuds, Majapahit was losing its
grip. On the northeast coast of Java, small Muslim trading communities
were mutating into powerful states, including the sultanate of Demak,
which eclipsed the floundering Majapahit...
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