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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2444655, member: 2844&quot;]It is generally the other way around, all Indonesian art is seen as Balinese.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They are neighbouring islands, with ancient trade contacts and alliances.</p><p>Bali used to be a colony of East Java during the Majapahit Empire, 1295-ca 1500. After the fall of Majapahit, the Javanese governors stayed on Bali as kings, and introduced Javanese symbolism and art in Bali. The Balinese kings kidnapped people in East Java and on Madura (near Bali and East Java) for slave labour in agriculture, architecture and crafts. This went on for centuries.</p><p>Around the same time many people from West Java fled to Bali to escape the wars brought about by the introduction of Islam in West Indonesia.</p><p>Because of all these different aspects much of Balinese symbolism is of Javanese origin, though generally not as finely executed.</p><p>The only truly native Balinese art is made by a people called the Bali Aga, it is very rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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